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Ring 2

Ring 2

1999 1h 35mHorrorMysteryScience Fiction

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.

2.9/5

TMDB score· 468 votes

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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.

The vibe

asylumsequelcursevideotapefemale corpsemysterious deathhaunted video tapewaterwater wellsupernatural ability

Behind it

Hideo NakataHideo NakataDirectorHiroshi TakahashiHiroshi TakahashiScreenplayKenji KawaiKenji KawaiComposerHideo YamamotoCinematography

Cast

Miki NakataniMiki NakataniMai Takano
Hitomi SatoHitomi SatoMasami Kurahashi
Kyoko FukadaKyoko FukadaKanae Sawaguchi
Fumiyo KohinataFumiyo KohinataDr. Kawajiri
Kenjirou IshimaruKenjirou IshimaruDetective Omuta
Yûrei YanagiYûrei YanagiOkazaki
Rikiya ÔtakaRikiya ÔtakaYôichi Asakawa
Yōichi NumataYōichi NumataTakashi Yamamura
MasakoMasakoShizuko Yamamura
Miwako KajiMiwako KajiKazue Yamamura
Katsumi MuramatsuKatsumi MuramatsuKôichi Asakawa
Daisuke BanDaisuke BanHeihachirô Ikuma
Rie Ino'oRie Ino'oSadako Yamamura
Masakazu SerizawaOkazaki no Dôryô - Sakuma
Shinmei TsujiManshon Kanrinin
Nanako MatsushimaNanako MatsushimaReiko Asakawa
Yoshiko YuraYoshiko YuraNurse Hayashi
Hiroyuki SanadaHiroyuki SanadaRyuji Takayama

Director

Hideo Nakata

Writer

Hiroshi Takahashi

Release date

23 Jan 1999

Runtime

1h 35m

Budget

$6.0M

Box office

$31.4M · 5.2× its budget

Studio

KADOKAWA Shoten, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Fuji Television Network

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Where to watch · US

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Ring Collection

A series of supernatural horror films, based on the series of novels of the same name by Koji Suzuki, about a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it seven days later.

Ring

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

3.5

Ring

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The Spiral

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.

2.7

The Spiral

1998

Ring 2

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.

2.9

Ring 2

1999

Ring 0

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.

3.1

Ring 0

2000

Sadako 3D

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of her female students dies after viewing the footage, she and her boyfriend Takanori are fatefully drawn into the horror that has been created by the man who appears in the suicide footage, Kashiwada. Kashiwada's intention is to create chaos in the world by bringing back Sadako and the power of her curse. Now Akane has to fight against Sadako and Kashiwada to save the lives of herself and Takanori.

2.6

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2012

Sadako 3D 2

Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko takes up the task of caring for Akane's daughter, the infamous cursed video resurfaces. During her investigation, Fuko learns about the legend of Sadako's daughter...

2.4

Sadako 3D 2

2013

Sadako vs. Kayako

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki.

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Sadako vs. Kayako

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Sadako

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

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Sadako

2019

Sadako DX

Ayaka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the same out of curiosity.

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Sadako DX

2022

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