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Sadako Yamamura
is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Koji Suzuki's ''Ring'' novel series and its eponymous film series. Her backstory varies between continuities, but all depict her as the vengeful ghost of a young psychic who was murdered and thrown into a well. As a ghost, she is dressed in a simple white dress with long black hair hiding her face, and uses , her most distinctive power, to create a cursed videotape; whoever watches the tape will be haunted by Sadako and die exactly one week later unless the tape is copied and shown to another person, who must then repeat the same process. The titular "ring" from the novels and films refers to a ring-like visual that appears on the cursed videotape, which actually depicts the top of the well as seen by Sadako from its bottom. Korean and American films reimagine the character as Park Eun-seo () and Samara Morgan respectively, with similar backgrounds and features. Sadako has been played by a number of actresses in films, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Inō
is a Japanese kabuki and film actress best known for her portrayal of Sadako Yamamura in the film ''Ring (film), Ring'' and its sequel ''Ring 2''. Career Inō first became a kabuki actress with the ''Banyû Inryoku'' theater troupe in 1987. Since then, she has frequently participated in shows, sometimes choreographing and directing them. She also dubs performances into Japanese Sign Language. She was cast in the 1998 horror film ''Ring (film), Ring'' as the vengeful ghost Sadako Yamamura. For this role, she walked backwards in a disjointed manner. The footage was then reversed to create a creepy and unnatural sense of movement. Sadako's long hair in the film was all Inō's, and she wore no wig or hair extensions for the role. Her performance in ''Ring'' was so well-received that she returned as Sadako in ''Ring 2'' despite having given birth a few months prior. While on set, she breastfed her baby while still in costume. She would later discuss her role as Sadako in the 2024 doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiral (Suzuki 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. Two direct film adaptations of the novel have been produced: the 1998 Japanese film '' Spiral'', and the 2017 American film '' Rings'', as well as a 1999 Japanese television series '' Rasen''. Plot Ando Mitsuo, a coroner still struggling with his son's death, is assigned to do the autopsy of his old classmate Ryūji Takayama. He and his colleague, Miyashita, find a tumor in Ryūji's heart, believed to be the cause of his 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 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring (2002 Film)
''The Ring'' is a 2002 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Ehren Kruger. Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox and David Dorfman, the film follows Rachel Keller, a journalist who discovers a cursed videotape that causes its viewers to die seven days later. It is a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film ''Ring'', based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. ''The Ring'' was theatrically released in the United States on October 18, 2002, by DreamWorks Pictures. It was a box office success, grossing $249 million internationally, becoming one of the highest-grossing horror remakes of all time. The film received positive reviews, with critics in particular praising the atmosphere and visuals, Bojan Bazelli's cinematography, Verbinski's direction and the performances of the cast (particularly Watts). At the 29th Saturn Awards, ''The Ring'' won in two categories: Best Horror Film and Best Actress (for Watts). The film is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring Virus
''The Ring Virus'' () is a 1999 South Korean horror film adapted from the Japanese novel ''Ring'' by Koji Suzuki. A joint project between Japan and Korea, this version has Park Eun-Suh as the creator of the cursed videotape. Although the filmmakers claimed that the film was adapted from the novel only, it differs from the novel in some ways that match the 1998 film ''Ring'' (also known as ''Ringu'' in the US), such as having a female lead character, and several scenes were directly copied, including some of the scenes on the videotape and the film's climax. At the time of the film's production, South Korea had placed a ban on Japanese cultural imports, which would have prevented ''Ring'' from being released in the country. ''The Ring Virus'' was commissioned as a remake for the South Korean market. By late 1998 the ban had been lifted, however production for the film had already progressed to near completion, and the film was released on 12 June 1999. Plot Teenager Sang-Mi dies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring 2
is a 1999 Japanese supernatural horror film, directed by Hideo Nakata and serves as a sequel to ''Ring (film), Ring''. ''Ring'' was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki (writer), Koji Suzuki; its sequel, ''Rasen'' (a.k.a. ''Spiral (Suzuki novel), Spiral''), was also Spiral (1998 film), adapted into a film as the sequel to ''Ring''. Due to the negative response to ''Rasen'', ''Ring 2'' was made as a new sequel to ''Ring''. However it was not based on Suzuki's works, thus it ultimately ignores the story of ''Rasen''. ''Ring 2'' takes place four weeks after the first film, directly continuing the story which features most of the cast from ''Ring '' reprising their roles. Plot After retrieving Sadako Yamamura's body from a water well, well, the police summon her uncle Takashi to identify her. Detective Omuta informs Takashi that, according to forensics, Sadako survived in the well for 30 years. The remains are returned to Takashi, who gives them a burial at sea, hoping to be f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videotape
Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually Sound recording and reproduction, sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog signal, analog or Digital signal (signal processing), digital signal. Videotape is used in both video tape recorders (VTRs) and, more commonly, videocassette recorders (VCRs) and camcorders. Videotapes have also been used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram. Because video signals have a very high Bandwidth (signal processing), bandwidth, and Tape head, stationary heads would require extremely high tape speeds, in most cases, a helical scan, helical-scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions. Tape is a Linear motion, linear method of storing information and thus imposes delays to access a portion of the tape that is not already against the heads. The early 2000s saw the introduction and rise to prominence of high-q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoughtography
Thoughtography, also called projected thermography, psychic photography, nengraphy, and ''nensha'' , is the claimed ability to "burn" images from one's mind onto surfaces such as photographic film by parapsychic means. While the term "thoughtography" has been in the English lexicon since 1913, the more recent term "projected thermography" is a neologism popularized in the 2002 American film '' The Ring'', a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film '' Ring''. History Thoughtography (also known as psychic photography) first emerged in the late 19th century due to the influence of spirit photography. Thoughtography has no connection with Spiritualism, which distinguishes it from spirit photography. One of the first books to mention "psychic photography" was the book ''The New Photography'' (1896) by Arthur Brunel Chatwood. In the book Chatwood described experiments where the "image of objects on the retina of the human eye might so affect it that a photograph could be produced by look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring (franchise)
''Ring'' (), also known as ''The Ring'', is a media franchise, based on the Ring (novel series), novel series of the same name written by Koji Suzuki. The franchise includes eight Japanese films, two television series, eight manga adaptations, three English-language Cinema of the United States, American film Remake, remakes, a Korean film remake, and two video games: ''The Ring: Terror's Realm'' and ''Ring: Infinity'' (both 2000). While most installments of the franchise are Drama (film and television), dramatic supernatural horror Horror fiction, fiction, other genres are also explored with the novel ''Loop (novel), Loop'' (1998) being science fiction-focused, and the manga series ''Sadako-san and Sadako-chan'' (2019) and ''Sadako at the End of the World'' (2020) and feature film ''Sadako DX'' (2022) being comedy-focused. The Japanese ''Ring'' films revolve around a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days later, unless the tape is copied and shown to another p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (novel Series)
is a series of horror novels written by Koji Suzuki. The novels were initially a trilogy, consisting of '' Ring'', '' Spiral'', and '' Loop''. A short story collection called ''Birthday'' was released shortly after, introducing extra stories interconnecting the trilogy. Two further books, '' S'' and ''Tide'', were published in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The novels revolve around a curse, embodied within a videotape, unleashed by Sadako Yamamura, the ghost of a psychic who was raped and murdered before being thrown into a well. The success of the novels led to the release of numerous film adaptations in Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Books ''Ring'' (1991) This story is set in present-day Tokyo. When four teenagers mysteriously die one night at the same time, Kazuyuki Asakawa, a journalist and uncle to one of the teens, takes a particular interest in the case and investigates. This leads him to a holiday resort called Hakone Pacific Island, where the four teens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival of the protagonist and is often depicted as a villain.About.com, Literature: Contemporary "Antagonist." Online. 18 October 2007. * Retrieved 25 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, rival," which is derived from ''anti-'' ("against") and ''agonizesthai'' ("to contend for a prize").Types Heroes and villains The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Keller
Rachel Keller is a fictional character in ''The Ring'' film series. The character, created by writer-producer Ehren Kruger and portrayed by Naomi Watts, serves as the protagonist of ''The Ring'' and ''The Ring Two'', sharing similarities with Reiko Asakawa from the original Japanese films. Introduced in the 2002 film, Rachel is an investigative journalist who tries to figure out a way to escape death after watching a cursed video tape that she discovered while investigating the death of her niece. In ''The Ring Two'', Rachel delves into the history of Samara Morgan after her son gets sick with a mysterious ailment. Appearances In ''The Ring'', Rachel Keller, an investigative journalist, is asked by her sister Ruth to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind her niece Katie's death. She informs Rachel that she found her daughter's distorted corpse in the closet and that her official cause of death was a heart attack, despite Katie being a healthy teenager. Katie's frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthday
A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many religions celebrate the birth of their founders or religious figures with special holidays (e.g. Christmas, Mawlid, Buddha's Birthday, Krishna Janmashtami, and Gurpurb). There is a distinction between birth''day'' and birth''date'' (also known as date of birth): the former, except for February 29, occurs each year (e.g. January 15), while the latter is the complete date when a person was born (e.g. January 15, 2001). Coming of age In most legal systems, one becomes a legal adult on a particular birthday when they reach the age of majority (usually between 12 and 21), and reaching age-specific milestones confers particular rights and responsibilities. At certain ages, one may become eligible to leave full-time education, become subject to milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
