Ringu

AKA:
Ring (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

Written by:
Kôji Suzuki (novel)
Hiroshi Takahashi (screenplay)

Directed by:
Hideo Nakata

Made in:
Japan in 1998

Actors:
Nanako Matsushima .... Reiko Asakawa
Miki Nakatani .... Mai Takano
Hiroyuki Sanada .... Ryuji Takayama
Yuko Takeuchi .... Tomoko Oishi
Hitomi Sato .... Masami Kurahashi
Yoichi Numata .... Takashi Yamamura
Yutaka Matsushige .... Yoshino
Katsumi Muramatsu .... Koichi Asakawa
Rikiya Otaka .... Yoichi Asakawa
Masako .... Shizuko Yamamura
Daisuke Ban .... Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma
Kiyoshi Risho .... Omiya the Cameraman
Yûrei Yanagi .... Okazaki
Yôko Ôshima .... Reiko's Aunt
Kiriko Shimizu .... Ryomi Oishi

Plot:
After the death of her cousin Tomoko, reporter Reiko hears stories of a videotape that kills everyone who sees it exactly one week after viewing. At first she discounts the rumors, but when she learns that Tomoko's friend (who watched the video with her) died at exactly the same time, she begins to investigate. After viewing the tape herself, strange things start happening, and so she teams up with her ex-husband to try to stop the death clock that has once again begun ticking. IMDB

Review:
This movie is nothing like the American version of the story, The Ring. They have a very, very similar story line, but this one doesn't go as in depth as the American version. It sorta skims the surface of the entire story.

As I enjoy The Ring, I like the Japanese trilogy much, much better.

Should not be difficult to find this movie. Language is Japanese, but should be very easy to find with English subtitles, if not dubbed.

It isn't a bad movie, but I always think that things can be scarier: