Ring (1998)
Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 95 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani, Rikiya Otaka, Yūko Takeuchi, Rie Inō, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoichi Numata
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Ring (Japanese: リング, Hepburn: Ringu) is a 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Hiroshi Takahashi, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, and Hiroyuki Sanada, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days after doing so. The film is also titled The Ring (stylized as the Ring) in Japan and was released in North America as Ringu.
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