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Ring

Accident, or strange death? The girl that steals four lives

19956.11h 30m

Overview

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?

Directed by Chisui Takigawa
Written by George Iida, Taizō Soshigaya, Kōji Suzuki
Produced by Hidehiro Iwadera, Noriyasu Ueki
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Top Cast

Katsunori Takahashi

Katsunori Takahashi

Kazuyuki Asakawa

Ayane Miura

Ayane Miura

Sadako Yamamura

Mai Tachihara

Mai Tachihara

Shizuka Asakawa

Maha Hamada

Maha Hamada

Mai Takano

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Jotaro Nagao

Akiko Hinagata

Akiko Hinagata

Tomoko Ôishi

Takayuki Godai

Takayuki Godai

Copy Editor

Shigeyuki Nakamura

Shigeyuki Nakamura

Yoshino

Akira Sakamoto

Akira Sakamoto

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Themes & Keywords

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About Ring

Ring is a horror, tv movie, mystery film released in 1995 exploring themes of based on novel or book, ghost, videotape, urban horror, adaptation. Directed by Chisui Takigawa, it stars Katsunori Takahashi, Ayane Miura, Mai Tachihara. In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?

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