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Release Date:
31 January 1998 (Japan)
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Tagline:
"One curse, one cure, one week to find it" more
Plot:
A mysterious video kills whomever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery. full summary | add synopsis
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6 wins
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1 nomination
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(38 articles)
Multiple Personality Disorder report
(From QuietEarth. 13 November 2009, 3:49 PM, PST)
Original "The Ring" Director to Hear "Voice From the Stone"
(From Manny the Movie Guy. 7 November 2009, 10:35 AM, PST)
(From QuietEarth. 13 November 2009, 3:49 PM, PST)
Original "The Ring" Director to Hear "Voice From the Stone"
(From Manny the Movie Guy. 7 November 2009, 10:35 AM, PST)
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A joy (or rather, terror) to watch!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nanako Matsushima | ... | Reiko Asakawa | |
| Miki Nakatani | ... | Mai Takano | |
| Yûko Takeuchi | ... | Tomoko Ôishi | |
| Hitomi Satô | ... | Masami | |
| Yôichi Numata | ... | Takashi Yamamura | |
| Yutaka Matsushige | ... | Yoshino | |
| Katsumi Muramatsu | ... | Kôichi Asakawa | |
| Rikiya Ôtaka | ... | Yôichi Asakawa | |
| Masako | ... | Shizuko Yamamura | |
| Daisuke Ban | ... | Heihachirô Ikuma | |
| Kanehiro Ri | ... | Komiya Kameraman | |
| Yûrei Yanagi | ... | AD Okazaki | |
| Yôko Ôshima | ... | Reiko no Oba | |
| Kiriko Shimizu | ... | Yoshimi Ôishi | |
| Makoto Kakeda | ... | Kanrinin |
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Also Known As:
Ring (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Malaysia:U |
Iceland:16 |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:12 |
Japan:R-15 |
New Zealand:R13 |
Norway:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 (TV rating) |
UK:15 |
USA:Unrated
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The characters of Sadako and Shizuko are named after and loosely based on two real women. Both were taken under the wing of Professor Fukurai Tomokichi and, whilst not actually mother and daughter, Takahashi Sadako did work with the professor soon after Chizuko's suicide. Neither woman possessed the gift of nensha, but another student of the professor, Nagao Ikuko, was believed to have this power.
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Revealing mistakes: In a close-up of Sadako in the end scene, one of her fake finger extensions is coming off.
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Quotes:
Reiko Asakawa:
Ryuji? When it's time for me to die... Stay with me.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Survive Style 5+ (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Feels Like 'Heaven'
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Forget the fact it's subtitled - that only adds to the effect. The director's use of angles, sudden appearances of characters in the frame, wonderfully puzzling flashback and periods of absolute silence combine to form THE best horror film I've seen in years. Forget Blair Witch, this is a true horror story - it could happen to anyone. The Japanese location may make the story more remote, but also makes it more mysterious. The story would work in another locale, say, the Deep South, US, but there's just something about "Ring" which works due to its defiance to comply with cliche. Just when you think you've got the film nailed down and swaggeringly predict the next events, you're proven totally wrong and dealt the double joy and horror of a perfectly timed shock revelation or two. No spoilers about the ending, needless to say, you will not see this one coming...