Ring 2 (1999)
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Director:
Hideo Nakata
Writer:
Hiroshi Takahashi
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Miki Nakatani as Mai Takano |
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Hitomi Sato as Masami Kurahashi |
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Kyoko Fukada as Kanae Sawaguchi |
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Fumiyo Kohinata as Dr. Kawajiri |
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Kenjirou Ishimaru as Detective Omuta |
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Yûrei Yanagi as Okazaki |
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Rikiya Ôtaka as Yôichi Asakawa |
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Yōichi Numata as Takashi Yamamura |
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Masako as Shizuko Yamamura |
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Miwako Kaji as Kazue Yamamura |
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Katsumi Muramatsu as Kôichi Asakawa |
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Daisuke Ban as Heihachirô Ikuma |
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Rie Ino'o as Sadako Yamamura |
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Masakazu Serizawa as Okazaki no Dôryô - Sakuma |
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Shinmei Tsuji as Manshon Kanrinin |
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Nanako Matsushima as Reiko Asakawa |
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Yoshiko Yura as Nurse Hayashi |
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Hiroyuki Sanada as Ryuji Takayama |
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Tarō Suwa as Kadokura Keiji |
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Kinto Tamura as Shorô |
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Shirô Namiki as Gishi |
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Takashi Nishina as Joshu |
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Yoko Chosokabe as Nurse Ukai |
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Isao Yatsu as Taxi Driver |
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Mebuki Tsuchida as Young Sadako |
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Kazumasa Taguchi as Keiji |
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Sadahiko Irisawa as Young Keiji |
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Takahiko Tamura as TV Cameraman |
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Hiroyuki Amano as TV Kyoku Staff |
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Koichi Shibata as TV Kyoku Staff |
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Tomo Taniguchi as Elder |
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Ai Ihara as Female Nurse |
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Mitsuko Iwamoto as Female Nurse |
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Hatsune Matsushima as Female Nurse |
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Yamaguchi Maho as Patient |
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Usagi Ōyama as Patient |
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Sanae Kagaya as Patient |
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Yoko Ashikawa as Patient |
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Akeno as Patient |
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Ayumi Tachihara as Patient |
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Shôko Iroka as Patient |
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Junko Sasaki as Patient |
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Kazu Nagahama as Doctor #2 (uncredited) |
| Directing | Hideo Nakata | Director |
| Production | Masato Harada | Producer |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Miki Imai | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Kenji Kawai | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Hiroshi Takahashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kōji Suzuki | Novel |
| Production | Makoto Ishihara | Producer |
| Sound | Kiyoshi Kakizawa | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hajime Matsumoto | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | Akira Ono | Gaffer |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Editor |
| Production | Takashige Ichise | Producer |
| Production | Shingo Miyauchi | Production Manager |
| Production | Masato Hara | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Kumiko Yoshida | Script |