The Ring (1998) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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A strange video begins to circulate among high school teenagers. When you watch the tape, a ghostly figure appears, points her finger at you, and then the phone will ring, signalling your death in one week. When her niece is killed in a car accident, reporter Reiko Asakawa begins an investigation th

Cast & Crew

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Hideo Nakata

Nanako Matsushima

Miki Nakatani

Hiroyuki Sanada

Yuko Takeuchi

Hitomi Sato

Masami Kurahashi

Film Details

Also Known As

Ring, Ringu

Genre

Horror

Release Date

1998

Production Company

Imagica; Pony Canyon, Inc.; Toho Company Ltd.

Distribution Company

Dreamworks Home Entertainment; Golden Scene; Haut Et Court; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Primer Plano Film Group

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Synopsis

A strange video begins to circulate among high school teenagers. When you watch the tape, a ghostly figure appears, points her finger at you, and then the phone will ring, signalling your death in one week. When her niece is killed in a car accident, reporter Reiko Asakawa begins an investigation that leads to her own viewing of the tape. Knowing she has only a week left to live, Reiko enlists the aid of her ex-husband in tracking down the origin of the fatal videotape.

Director

Hideo Nakata

Cast

Nanako Matsushima

Miki Nakatani

Hiroyuki Sanada

Yuko Takeuchi

Hitomi Sato

Masami Kurahashi

Yoichi Numata

Takashi Yamamura

Yutaka Matsushige

Katsumi Muramatsu

Rikiya Otaka

Yoichi Asakawa--Reiko'S Son

Daisuke Ban

Doctor Heihachiro; Ikuma

Kiyoshi Risho

Omiya--The Cameraman

Yurei Yanagi

Yoko Oshima

Kiriko Shimizu

Orie Izuno

Sadako Yamamura

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Miwako Kaji

Yoko Kima

Yukiko Shimodaira--Junior High School Girl

Asami Nagata

Yukiko Shimodaira--Junior High School Girl

Keiko Yoshida

Senior High School Girl

Yoshiko Matsumaru

Senior High School Girl

Yoho Naose

Senior High School Girl

Maki Ikeda

Takashi Takayama

Toshihiko Takeda

Yamamura As A Teenager

Chihiro Shirai

Sadako As A Young Girl

Mantaro Koichi

Town Hall Moderator

Shinichi Noda

Press Representative

Kazufumi Nakai

Press Representative

Crew

Kosei Haibara

Masato Hara

Executive Producer

Junichiro Hayashi

Director Of Photography

Takashige Ichise

Makoto Ishihara

Associate Producer

Tatsuya Isomura

Ko Kawabata

Digital Effects

Kenji Kawai

Shinya Kawai

Yoshiyuki Kimura

Digital Matte Paintings

Nobuo Maehara

Lighting Director

Yoshiichi Matsui

Key Special Makeup

Hajime Matsumoto

Special Effects

Hajime Matsumoto

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tetsuya Nakumara

Unit Production Manager

Kuni Risho

Assistant Director

Iwao Saito

Production Designer

Takenori Sento

Koji Suzuki

Source Material (From Novel)

Hiroshi Takahashi

Nobuyuki Takahashi

Hideo Tsuji

Digital Film Editing

Takuya Wada

Special Makeup Coordinator

Yoshinori Watanabe

Digital Film Editing

Sei Yokoyama

Special Photographic Effects

Film Details

Also Known As

Ring, Ringu

Genre

Horror

Release Date

1998

Production Company

Imagica; Pony Canyon, Inc.; Toho Company Ltd.

Distribution Company

Dreamworks Home Entertainment; Golden Scene; Haut Et Court; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Primer Plano Film Group

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States August 2000

Released in United States March 1999

Released in United States on Video August 5, 2003

Shown at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film March 12-27, 1999.

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 13-27, 2000.

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Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film March 12-27, 1999.)

Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 13-27, 2000.)

Released in United States on Video August 5, 2003

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