Episode #23 – The Ring (リング)

Ring (1998)

リング [Ringu]

Directed by Hideo Nakata
Written by Hiroshi Takahashi
Based on the novel by Kôji Suzuki

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

Cast

Nanako Matsushima – Reiko Asakawa
Hiroyuki Sanada – Ryuji Takayama
Rie Ino’o – Sadako Yamamura
Yôichi Numata – Takashi Yamamura
Masako – Shizuko Yamamura
Rikiya Ôtaka – Yoichi Asakawa
Katsumi Muramatsu – Koichi Asakawa
Daisuke Ban – Dr. Heihachi Ikuma
Miki Nakatani – Mai Takano
Yuko Takeuchi – Tomoko Ôishi
Hitomi Satô – Masami Kurahashi
Yutaka Matsushige – Yoshino

Trailer

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The Ring (2002)

ザ・リング [Za Ringu]

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Written by Ehren Kruger
Based on the screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi

It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer’s death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video… and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.

Cast

Naomi Watts – Rachel Keller
Martin Henderson – Noah Clay
David Dorfman – Aidan Keller
Daveigh Chase – Samara Morgan
Brian Cox – Richard Morgan
Shannon Cochran – Anna Morgan
Jane Alexander – Dr. Grasnik
Amber Tamblyn – Katie Embry
Rachael Bella – Becca Kotler
Lindsay Frost – Ruth Embry