The ring is the most recent horror sensation in japan and should become required viewing for anyone searching for the kind of scare few movies are able to provide. Hideo nakata ringu is a clear case of simply taking an older cinematic structure and reapplying it to a more modern era, rediscovering what makes old tropes. The film stars nanako matsushima, hiroyuki sanada and rikiya otaka, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days after watching it. In terms of originality of concept and skill in execution, ringu imo scores an 11. Ring, ringu is a 1998 japanese horror film directed by hideo nakata, based on the 1991 novel by koji suzuki. Watch full episode of ring 1998 japanese drama dramacool. The original japanese movie that inspired the ring. Ringu 1998 full length movie japanese version english. Two teenagers, masami and tomoko, talk about a videotape recorded by a boy in izu which is fabled to bear a curse that kills the viewer seven days after watching. Henceforth, this says, all that occurs is subject to time.
A mysterious video kills whoever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery. From the movie ringu when her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter reiko asakawa nanako matsushima sets out to investigate. The evil never really stops hunting you and you have no real hope of survival. Hollywood clamoured to remake as many asian horror films as it possibly could in rings brownstreaked wake, such as dark water, the grudge, the eye. Hideo nakatas story of a cursed tape and the horror it brings to the people who watch it is just about flawless.
The ringu legacy which features interviews with several critics and filmmakers on the impact of the ringu series. Reporter kazuyuki asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. A mysterious video kills whomever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery. Back in 1999, when ringu had recently debuted in asia, veteran industry magazine variety published a. From the mythology of the tale to the ghastly contorted faces of the corpses that sada, the demon of the story leaves in her wake. Circumnavigating ringu sees kat ellinger return to detail the entire saga of the ringu franchise.
In this psychological horror story from japan, a legend circulates among teenagers that if one watches a certain video at a certain time of the night, the telephone will ring right afterward, and. Everything about this movie is genuinely disturbing and unsettling. Ringu 1998 full length movie japanese version english subtitles. Japanese cult horror ringu scared stuart heritage and a whole houseful of his friends rigid, he reveals in our continuing halloween series. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ringu is a japanese horror released in 1998, directed by hideo nakata. To me, there was some emotional distance felt in watching ringu i watched a subtitled version, so i didnt have any distracting dubbing as opposed to the ring which seemed to be a far more intimate experience to me. Full japanese trailer for ringu sequel sadako 3d 2.
Ringu was based off a novel from 1991 and was first adapted to film in a made for tv movie released in japan. Ive watched both, and i have to say that i enjoyed the ring more than ringu. With katsunori takahashi, ayane miura, mai tachihara, maha hamada. Two decades later, the 1998 movie ringu has been seared into the minds of modern horror fans as one of the best ghost stories ever filmed. Ringu and the analog paradigm of discourse networks 1900. Hiroshi takahashi scre enpla y, koji suzuki nove l. The girl who played with fire 2009 15 full movie, eng. Vpisi email osebe, ki ji zelis priporociti ogled videa. Ringu 2 1999 ringu 2 1999 horror show horror films the ring japanese film books music books japanese monster movies japanese horror horror posters independent films. Mar 04, 2003 ringu by daniel fierman updated march 17, 2020 at 02.
It has already spawned numerous sequels and japanese television spinoffs, broken records in hong kong and is fast gathering a cult following in america despite its having no domestic dvd or vhs release stateside. The ring 1998 when her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter reiko asakawa nanako matsushima sets out to investigate. Ringu by daniel fierman updated march 17, 2020 at 02. Im not sure why these films did not receive the same restoration treatment as ringu, but obviously if only one film of this series was to receive. Oct 22, 2010 hollywood clamoured to remake as many asian horror films as it possibly could in rings brownstreaked wake, such as dark water, the grudge, the eye and more.
The film is about a journalist reiko asakawa who after the death of her cousin tomoko, hears stories about a videotape that kills everyone one week after they have watched it. These three films arrive in high definition masters provided by kadokawa corporation. And for good reason, ringu just works on so many levels. She finds out that some of tomokos friends, who had been on a holiday with tomoko the week before, had. But arrow video has risen to the occasion with the ringu collection, a fantastic new bluray boxset containing not only the first four installments in the original japanese film series in full hd, but also an exciting and extensive assortment of bonus features that will surely please any longtime fans of these wonderfully terrifying films. Oct 21, 2014 japanese cult horror ringu scared stuart heritage and a whole houseful of his friends rigid, he reveals in our continuing halloween series. With nanako matsushima, miki nakatani, yuko takeuchi, hitomi sato. The ringu novel also had a sequel called spiral and loop. Ring tells the story of a japanese reporter tracking down a local urban myth about a curse circulating on a videocassette. The grudge, all of them and especially the original japanese movie, are creeeeeeepy. So, needless to say, this has been a seriously successful franchise.
A reporter and her exhusband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it. A vicious circle is an interview with author kat ellinger on the career of hideo nakata. No 12 best horror film of all time film the guardian. 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. Spiral, ringu 2, and ringu 0 are presented in their original 1. Ringu commences in conventional pophorror film fashion with two teenage girls sitting alone in an empty house on a dark night. Ring is a welcome respite from the now hellishly trite world of 20th century horror cinema. Ringu yify torrent yify movies, download ringu yify, yts subtitles movie about reiko asakawa is researching into a cursed video interviewing teenagers about it. Maria pramaggiore, committee chair john mertz, committee member jon thompson, committee member. The original ring novel sold 500,000 copies by january 1998, and 1. Mind you, his cinemagoing life took a nasty turn from. It eschews glitz in favour of shadows, and is all the more potent for it.
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