---
title: 'Ring 0: Birthday (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norio Tsuruta'
released: '2000-01-22'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ring-0-birthday-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235712/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ring 0: Birthday (2000)

2000 · 95 min · Horror · Japan

Original title: リング0 バースデイ
Part of: Ring

## Synopsis

Ring 0: Birthday  is a 2000 Japanese supernatural psychological thriller film directed by Norio Tsuruta, from a screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi, based on the short story "Lemon Heart" from the Birthday anthology by Koji Suzuki. A prequel to Ring (1998), the story follows the life of the character of Sadako Yamamura just before she consigned to her fate seen in the later Ring series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norio Tsuruta](https://cinepixo.com/people/norio-tsuruta)
- **Screenplay:** [Kōji Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-suzuki), [Hiroshi Takahashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-takahashi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takahide Shibanushi](https://cinepixo.com/people/takahide-shibanushi)
- **Editor:** [Hiroshi Sunaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-sunaga)

## Cast

- [Seiichi Tanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiichi-tanabe)
- [Yoshiyuki Morishita](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiyuki-morishita)
- [Mahito Ōba](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahito-oba)
- [Atsuko Takahata](https://cinepixo.com/people/atsuko-takahata)
- [Kumiko Asō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumiko-aso)
- [Yukie Nakama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukie-nakama) as Sadako Yamamura
- [Yoshiko Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-tanaka)
- [Mami Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mami-hashimoto)
- [Daisuke Ban](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-ban)
- [Masako](https://cinepixo.com/people/masako)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ring-0-birthday-2000
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