Ringu

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Producer:

Takashige Ichise, Shin'ya Kawai, Takenori Sentô

Writer:

Hiroshi Takahashi, Kôji Suzuki

Release Date:

Jan 31, 1998

Runtime:

1hr 36m

Synopsis

A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.

Cast

  • Nanako Matsushima
  • Miki Nakatani
  • Yûko Takeuchi
  • Hitomi Satô
  • Yôichi Numata
  • Yutaka Matsushige
  • Katsumi Muramatsu
  • Rikiya Ôtaka
  • Masako
  • Daisuke Ban

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  • Feb 20, 2016

    I can't believe they tried to empty the well

    4.8K Likes
    Leticia Fernandes
    Leticia Fernandes
    Oct 1, 2020

    🎶 IT’S BEEN one week since the ghost called me 📞👻 crawled out of the well and through the TV 📺👻 🎶

    3.2K Likes
    mia lee vicino
    mia lee vicino
    Apr 19, 2021

    This is what people thought that train was gonna do. Not so funny now, is it?

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    Branson Reese
    Branson Reese
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    Jun 11, 2018

    i just love sadako so much & this is one of the best ambient horror mood tapes ever. it just has such a quiet calm to it while also being consistently eerie. it feels like looking at the sea under overcast skies. an autumnal chill. the remoteness of forgotten or abandoned…

    1.4K Likes
    clare
    clare
    May 17, 2023

    Sadako is so tall and motivated she would kill it as a lesbian

    1.4K Likes
    Blue Ghosts
    Blue Ghosts
    Oct 20, 2021

    this is what happens when you watch long toast

    1.3K Likes
    Karsten
    Karsten
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    Sep 7, 2021

    i woulda just walked out the front door when she came out the tv

    1.2K Likes
    rhesusnegative
    rhesusnegative
    Mar 21, 2020

    I mean, OF COURSE this is a 5 star film. Not only did it kick off a decade long Asian horror craze, but it also defined a genre and delivered a genuinely creepy and unsettling movie that would be endlessly duplicated in the same way as Halloween, NOES, or Friday the 13th.…

    834 Likes
    Tony the Terror
    Tony the Terror
    Aug 10, 2020

    There’s an image in Ringu (1998) that floors me every time I watch the movie, and it is of Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) embracing the skeleton of the long dead Sadako at the bottom of the well where the girl was left to die. Her father killed her, dumped her in the well…

    814 Likes
    Willow Maclay
    Willow Maclay
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Ringu (1998)?
The movie is 1hr 36min long.
What's Ringu (1998) about?
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Who's the cast of Ringu (1998)?
  • Nanako Matsushima as Reiko Asakawa
  • Miki Nakatani as Mai Takano
  • Yûko Takeuchi as Tomoko Ôishi
  • Hitomi Satô as Masami
  • Yôichi Numata as Takashi Yamamura
  • Yutaka Matsushige as Yoshino
  • Katsumi Muramatsu as Kôichi Asakawa
  • Rikiya Ôtaka as Yôichi Asakawa
  • Masako as Shizuko Yamamura
  • Daisuke Ban as Heihachirô Ikuma
Who's the director behind Ringu (1998)?
Hideo Nakata directed Ringu (1998).
Who produced Ringu (1998)?
Takashige Ichise, Shin'ya Kawai and Takenori Sentô produced Ringu (1998).