Ring

リング (1998)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-01-31

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO, KADOKAWA Shoten, Omega Project, Rasen Production Committee

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Budget

$1 200 000

Revenue

$347 464

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Director

Hideo Nakata

Actors

Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rikiya Ôtaka, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato, Yutaka Matsushige, Yōichi Numata, Katsumi Muramatsu, Masako
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Takashige Ichise, Takenori Sentô, Shin'ya Kawai

Operator

Junichiro Hayashi

Composer

Kenji Kawai

Artist

Audition

Editing

Nobuyuki Takahashi
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• The film is based on the novels by Koji Suzuki, "Ringu" (1991) and "Rasen" (1995).
• Koji Suzuki, the author of the novel that formed the basis for this Japanese film, was inspired by his favorite horror film, "Poltergeist".
• The prototype for one of the film's heroines, Shizuko Yamamura, was a real person, Shizuko Mifune, born in 1886 and, according to rumors, possessing the gift of clairvoyance. In 1910, she was declared a charlatan, and a year later she committed suicide by jumping into a volcano crater.
• During the filming of the scene with Sadako's appearance from the well, the actress Rie Inou backed away, and during editing, the footage was reversed, which makes Sadako's movements seem very unusual.
• The film is based on the novels "Ringu" (1991) and "Rasen" (1995) by Koji Suzuki.
• Koji Suzuki, the author of the novel that formed the basis for this Japanese film, was inspired by his favorite horror movie, "Poltergeist".
• The prototype for one of the film's heroines, Shizuko Yamamura, was a real person named Shizuko Mifune, born in 1886 and rumored to have possessed psychic abilities. In 1910, she was declared a charlatan, and a year later she committed suicide by jumping into a volcano crater.
• During the filming of the scene with Sadako emerging from the well, the actress Rie Inou backed away, and in the editing, the footage was reversed, making Sadako's movements appear very unusual.