Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
- 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
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
- based on novel or book
- code
- sequel
- pathology
- serial killer
- car accident
- videotape
- rebirth
- murder hunt
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Shigemitsu Ogi — Maekawa Keibuho
- Yutaka Matsushige — Yoshino
- Daisuke Ban — Heihachirô Ikuma
- Naoaki Manabe — Kobayashi
- Naoto Adachi — Funakoshi
- Eri Kakurai — Rieko Andô
- Ryûichi Sugahara — Takanori Andô
- Masanobu Yada — Junsa Buchô
- Ryûma Uchida — Kansatsui Joshu
- Kozo Sato — Shashin Gakari
- Tomohiro Okada — Kaibô Joshu
- Directed
- George Iida
Production
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 · 170 ratings
- Studio
- Basara Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998Ring
Where it starts.
The Spiral
1998 · You’re here
Ring 2
1999
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.
