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.

Cast

Nanako Matsushima

as Reiko Asakawa

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Ryuji Takayama

Rikiya Ôtaka

as Yoichi Asakawa

Miki Nakatani

as Mai Takano

Yuko Takeuchi

as Tomoko Oishi

Hitomi Sato

as Masami Kurahashi

Yutaka Matsushige

as Yoshino

Yōichi Numata

as Takashi Yamamura

Katsumi Muramatsu

as Koichi Asakawa

Masako

as Shizuko Yamamura

Reviews

artmeja

This film is very Japanese.If the objective of any horror movie is to scare, then Ringu succeeds with flying colours. Everything about this movie is genuinely disturbing and unsettling. From the mythology of the tale to the ghastly contorted faces of the corpses that Sada, the demon of the story lea...

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