Ring
is a 1998 Japanese psychological supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani and Hiroyuki Sanada, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days after doing so. The film is titled The Ring (stylized as the Ring) in English in Japan and released as Ringu in North America.
Plot
During a sleepover, high schoolers Tomoko and Masami discuss an urban legend about a video tape that curses its viewers to die in seven days after a foreboding phone call. Tomoko then confesses that last week she and her friends watched a strange video tape and received an inexplicable phone call afterwards. They receive a false alarm phone call, then Masami goes to the toilet. Tomoko witnesses the TV turn on by itself and is killed by an unseen presence.
Awards
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| author | Kōji Suzuki |
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| award | Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award |
| contentLocation | Greater Tokyo Area Izu Izu Ōshima |
| director | Hideo Nakata |
| editor | Nobuyuki Takahashi |
| events | curse extrasensory perception filicide hatred psychological repression revenge supernatural urban legend |
| genre | horror mystery thriller |
| keywords | end esp kill morning onryō ōshima phone call reiko asakawa ryūji takayama sadako sadako yamamura seven days the rage she had projected thoughtography track down trap vengeful spirit vhs video tape yōichi yōichi asakawa young daughter |
| musicBy | Kenji Kawai |
| productionCompany | Ringu/Rasen Production Committee |
| publisher | Toho |
| theme | ghost high school japanese mystery thriller |