Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
- based on novel or book
- asylum
- sequel
- curse
- videotape
- female corpse
- mysterious death
- haunted video tape
- water
- water well
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Miki Nakatani
Mai Takano
Hitomi Sato
Masami Kurahashi
Kyoko Fukada
Kanae Sawaguchi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Dr. Kawajiri
- Kenjirou Ishimaru — Detective Omuta
- Yûrei Yanagi — Okazaki
- Rikiya Ôtaka — Yôichi Asakawa
- Yōichi Numata — Takashi Yamamura
- Masako — Shizuko Yamamura
- Miwako Kaji — Kazue Yamamura
- Katsumi Muramatsu — Kôichi Asakawa
- Daisuke Ban — Heihachirô Ikuma
- Rie Ino'o — Sadako Yamamura
- Masakazu Serizawa — Okazaki no Dôryô - Sakuma
- Shinmei Tsuji — Manshon Kanrinin
- Directed
- Hideo Nakata
- Written
- Hiroshi Takahashi
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 471 ratings
- Studio
- KADOKAWA Shoten, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Fuji Television Network, TOHO, Sumitomo Corporation, IMAGICA
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998Ring
Where it starts.
The Spiral
1998
Ring 2
1999 · You’re here
Ring 0
2000
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
