Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $31.4M worldwide, about 5.2 times its $6M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Ring
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Setting
Set in Izu Ōshima and Greater Tokyo Area
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Collection
Part of Ring Collection
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Music
Music by Kenji Kawai
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kōji SuzukiNovel
- Hiroshi TakahashiScreenplay
- Original title
- リング 2
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 23, 1999
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $6M
- Revenue
- $31.4M
- Countries
- Japan
- Collection
- Ring Collection
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Cast
Miki NakataniMai Takano
Hitomi SatoMasami Kurahashi
Kyoko FukadaKanae Sawaguchi
Fumiyo KohinataDr. Kawajiri
Kenjirou IshimaruDetective Omuta
Yûrei YanagiOkazaki
Rikiya ÔtakaYôichi Asakawa
Yōichi NumataTakashi Yamamura
MasakoShizuko Yamamura
Miwako KajiKazue Yamamura
Katsumi MuramatsuKôichi Asakawa
Daisuke BanHeihachirô Ikuma
Rie Ino'oSadako Yamamura- Masakazu SerizawaOkazaki no Dôryô - Sakuma
- Shinmei TsujiManshon Kanrinin
Nanako MatsushimaReiko Asakawa
Yoshiko YuraNurse Hayashi
Hiroyuki SanadaRyuji Takayama
Tarō SuwaKadokura Keiji- Kinto TamuraShorô
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