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Rasen Kairou
Rasen may refer to: * ''Rasen'' (novel) or ''Spiral'', a 1995 Japanese novel by Koji Suzuki * ''Rasen'' (film) or ''Spiral'', a 1998 Japanese film based on the novel * ''Rasen'' (TV series), a 1999 Japanese TV drama based on the novel {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasen (novel)
is a 1995 Japanese novel, a part of author Koji Suzuki's ''Ring'' series. It is the second in the '' Ring series'', and a film based on the book was released in 1998. The English translation of the book was published by Vertical Press in the United States and by HarperCollins in Britain. Plot The events in the story occur one day after the events of the 1st book. It introduces Ando Mitsuo, a coroner still struggling with his son's death, being assigned to do the autopsy of his old classmate, Ryūji Takayama. He and his colleague, Miyashita, find a tumor in Ryūji's heart, which is believed to be his cause of death. Puzzled as the tumor appears similar to smallpox (which was eradicated in 1979), Ando completes the autopsy and, upon finding a newspaper poking through a suture, is reminded of Ryūji's cryptography hobby. Finding the newspaper numbers interesting, he decodes them and discovers that they spell "RING", perplexing Ando. In the search for the message's meaning, And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasen (film)
is a 1998 Japanese film. It is a sequel to the 1998 film ''Ring''. It is directed by Jōji Iida and is based on the novel of the same title by Koji Suzuki. It is titled ''The Spiral'' (stylized as ''the Spiral'') in English on the Japanese poster and video packaging, and it was previously released in North America as ''Rasen'' (a transliteration of the Japanese title) and in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Philippines as ''The Spiral''. ''Ring'' and its sequel ''Spiral'' were released in Japan at the same time. The studio hoped this would increase revenues, because the ''Ring'' story was already a successful novel and television film. The two films shared a few cast members and had the same production team, but different directors and screenwriters; ''Spiral'' was written and directed by Jōji Iida whereas ''Ring'' was written by Hiroshi Takahashi and directed by Hideo Nakata. After their release, ''Ring'' became an enormous success while ''Spiral'' floundered, quickly be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |