--- title: 'Ring (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'Hideo Nakata' released: '1998-01-31' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ring-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ring (1998) 1998 · 95 min · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · Japan Original title: リング Part of: The Ring ## Synopsis Ring is a 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Hiroshi Takahashi, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, and Hiroyuki Sanada, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days after doing so. The film is also titled The Ring in Japan and was released in North America as Ringu. ## Credits - **Director:** [Hideo Nakata](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-nakata) - **Screenplay:** [Kōji Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-suzuki) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kenji Kawai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-kawai) - **Producer:** [Takashige Ichise](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashige-ichise) - **Director of Photography:** [Junichiro Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/junichiro-hayashi) ## Cast - [Yūko Takeuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-takeuchi) - [Rikiya Otaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rikiya-otaka) as Yoichi Asakawa - [Miki Nakatani](https://cinepixo.com/people/miki-nakatani) - [Hitomi Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/hitomi-sato) - [Yutaka Matsushige](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-matsushige) - [Rie Inō](https://cinepixo.com/people/rie-ino) as Sadako Yamamura - [Yoichi Numata](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoichi-numata) - [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada) - [Nanako Matsushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nanako-matsushima) as Reiko Asakawa ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ring-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q531328); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.