Hideo Nakata
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(102 min)
2002 - Horror - Japan
Yoshimi is in the process of divorcing her husband and is caught in the following custody battle for their daughter. Forced to begin a new life Yoshimi and Ikuko (her daughter) move into a new apartment. It soon becomes apparent that the apparent building is somewhat run down. Yoshimi is caught between trying to raise her young daughter, trying to find a new job and settling the custody battle. She is on the brink of a nervous breakdown and to make things worse water is leaking from the apartment above and the building management seems to do nothing. Yoshimi soon begins to experience strange events for which she cannot explain. All the while the stress in her life is getting worse. Is there some mysterious force out to harm her or is she loosing her mind?
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Director : Hideo Nakata
Cast : Hitomi Kuroki, Asami Mizugawa, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi
(96 min)
1998 - Horror - Japan
In Japan there is a rumor circulating about a cursed video cassette. It is said that those who see this tape get a phone call who tell them that they will die in one week. A reporter for a local news paper has to do a story on this rumor, she soon finds out that this is more than a rumor as her niece is found mysteriously dead. Eventually she find a copy of the cassette and watches it, her worst fears become reality as she now has one week left to live. She gets help from her ex-husband to try to find a way to get rid of the curse.
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Director : Hideo Nakata
Cast : Matsushima Nanako, Nakatani Miki, Sanada Hiroyuki
(95 min)
1999 - Horror - Japan
Ring 2 is a direct continuation of where the first film left off. The reporter who was originally researching the cursed video has disappeared, a co-worker decides to follow up on the leads and find out what happened. The reporters ex-husband's assistant is also looking for answers, she is looking for Yoshi the original reporters son. They follow a trail of clues that brings them to a psychiatric hospital where a patient had a run in with Sadako (she was with the original reporters niece when she died "in Ring I"). They discover a world of supernatural phenomenon and eventually they find out that Yoshi is the key to destroying Sadako.
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Director : Hideo Nakata
Cast : Nakatani Miki, Matsushima Nanako, Sanada Hiroyuki
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