Ring (1995 film)

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Ring
Japanese name
Kanji	リング
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Ringu
Based on	Ring; by Koji Suzuki
Screenplay by	Joji Iida
Directed by	Chisui Takigawa
Starring	Katsunori Takahashi; Ayane Miura; Yoshio Harada; Akiko Hinagata;
Composer	Yoshihiro Ike
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Cinematography	Iwata Kazumi
Running time	95 minutes
Original release
Release	August 11, 1995

Ring (Japanese: リング, Hepburn: Ringu) is a 1995 Japanese horror television film based on the novel of the same title by Koji Suzuki.^[1] In comparison to the subsequent theatrical films and television series based on the novel, it is the most accurate in relation to the original text.^{[citation needed]}

Release

The film premiered on the Japanese television station Fuji TV on August 11, 1995^[3] as Ring. When released on home video in Japan on VHS and LaserDisc, the film was released as Ring: Kanzenban (リング完全版, Ringu: Kanzenban, lit. "Ring: The Complete Edition") with a few changes.^[4] The film has only been released in Japan, and has not seen a home video re-release since 1996.^[5]^[6]

Cast

Katsunori Takahashi as Kazuyuki Asakawa
Yoshio Harada as Ryūji Takayama
Ayane Miura as Sadako Yamamura
Kyōko Dōnowaki as Shizuko Yamamura
Mai Tachihara as Shizuka Asakawa
Akiko Hinagata as Tomoko Ōishi
Maha Hamada as Mai Takano
Tomorowo Taguchi as Jōtarō Nagao
Tadayoshi Ueda as Takashi Yamamura

References

^ ^a ^b "TV リング (1995)" (in Japanese). allcinema. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Kalat 2007, p. 272.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kalat 2007, p. 273.
^ Lopez, J. "Ring (Kanzenban)". Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
^ "リング". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
^ Wax, Alyse. "The Full History of The Ring Franchise". Retrieved January 29, 2016.