Ringu

Ringu (リング, the Ring) is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata. The film was later remade in the United States by director Gore Verbinski as The Ring. Both films retain the basic premise of a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days later. There were two sequels shot in Japan, Rasen (aka Spiral) and the Ring 2, as well as the prequel the Ring 0 - Birthday. There was also a Korean remake (called Ring in Korea and The Ring Virus abroad) that was the first-ever joint filmmaking venture between Korea and Japan. The Ring and Rasen were adapted from the best-selling novels of the same name, by Koji Suzuki, often (though somewhat inaccurately) referred to as Japan's Stephen King. The Ring 0 was based on the short story "Lemonheart" appearing in Birthday, a collection of short stories comprising the fourth book in the Ring series. The international success of the Japanese films launched a revival of horror filmmaking in Japan that resulted in such pictures as Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse and Takashi Shimizu's Ju-on.

External link

• the ringworld Fansite covering all aspects of the Ring series

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