In the proper sequel, ringu 2, the ramifications of the original film are faced headon as a group of. It will spoil all the entertainment you had on ringu. I can recommend you watching ringu 1998 and the ring 2002. If you get the chance, you can pick this up over at amazon, its a very good read and shows you how the story was meant to be told. A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friends wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of sadako, a relentless spirit. Two further books, s and tide, were published in 2012 and 20 respectively. If you are curious about alternative version of sequel to ringu then you should watch rasen. The english translation of the book was published by vertical press in the united states and by harper collins in britain.
Above average, but must be viewed as part of the ringu series. It is directed by joji iida and is based on the novel of the same title by koji suzuki. Rasen bedeutungserklarungen, wortherkunft, synonyme. Take a look below for the full press release and head on over to. Like the ring is a classic or something like that and i tell them no, ringu is a classic, not the ring. Also unlike rasenspiral, i think that ringu 2 is much more uneven. These include kojis sequel novels rasen 1995 and rupu 1998, and. If you loved ringu1998, i suggest do not go for this movie. After the first book, koji suzukis ring series moves away from ghost story into medical thriller rasen aka spiral and then into a virtual world loop, which predates the matrix by a year. It is the second in the ring series, and a film based on the book was released in 1998. Both movies share a few cast and crew members, including hiroyuki sanada. Rasen film, 1998 in an unusual move, ringu s sequel, rasen, was released to theaters at the same time as the original.
Now the spiral provides the grim solution this sequel to ringu finds a doctor linking the horrifying death of his former medical school classmate with four. It is directed by joji iida, and, as with the first movie, is based on the novel spiral by koji suzuki. Ring 2 2, ringu 2 1999, directed by hideo nakata, is the sequel to the japanese horror film, ring ring was originally a novel written by koji suzuki. It is the orginal sequel to ringu, however the movie quickly floundered, ultimately becoming the unforgotten sequel, then ringu 2 was made, ignoring the story of rasen. The novels were initially a trilogy, consisting of ring, spiral, and loop. The techniques name is a pun, similar to certain techniques of kumogakure ninja, in which it has an english name with a given kanji that somewhat match the pronunciation. Joji iida directed the film, with many of the same actors, but a whole. There are long swaths where the film is extremely bland. A short story collection called birthday was released shortly after, introducing extra stories interconnecting the trilogy. Ring ringu is a series of horror novels written by koji suzuki. The story is based on a novel written by koji suzuki entitled ringu. It does however, take inspiration from several elements found in koji suzukis novels spiral and s, which were sequels to the previous novel ringu. Ring and its sequel rasen were released in japan at the same time.
It was later replaced with a new film, that is ringu 2, but is i. Rasen, a 1999 japanese tv drama based on the novel. In the lost sequel spiral also known as rasen, a pathologist and a young woman team up to solve the mystery of the tape, unaware of a dark fate that awaits them. In this case, is pronounced as the english word ring, but literally means fear wheel. Basudei 2000, which is a prequel and before or after the now official ringu 2, made in 1999, which was made when audience reaction to rasen spiral was less than favorable. For anyone having seen both, one might see them as parallel universes, or alternate realities in the ringu canon. Rasen aka the spiral, aka confusingly ring 2, directed by iida joji, is the second film in the ring series, and the original sequel to the phenomenally successful nakata hideo movie.
The studio hoped this would increase revenues, because. However, due to the poor response to rasen, ring 2 was made as a new sequel to ring, not based on suzukis works, and thus ultimately ignores the. Arrow video announces october 2019 lineup film pulse. The spiral rasen 1998 en servidores como mega, solo lo podras conseguir en. Now the spiral provides the grim solution this sequel to ringu finds a doctor linking the horrifying death of his former medical school classmate with four teens who died after watching a cursed videotape. Ringu 2 was released as a result of japanese audiences panning rasen, the legitimate followup based on koji suzukis novel.
The original sequel to this was rasen, an adaptation of spiral suzukis. Now hows about a release for ring 0, ring spiral and rasen in the uk read more. Ringu 0 1 hours and 39 minutes movie 2000 the prequel to the. Spiral shares some overlapping characters and the premise of a cursed videotape, but widely veers from the rules established in ring. This sequel to ringu 1998 begins with takayamas body being examined by his friend, pathologist dr. A film that combines ringu with rasen is the korean the ring virus, which is pretty good if a little subdued. Spiral was adapted into the film rasen 1998 while s was also adapted into the film sadako 3d 2012. Ringu 0 1 hours and 39 minutes movie 2000 the prequel to the horror film ringu, this movie provides the background story of how sadako later became the vengeful murdering spirit.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. And then lets not even get started about all those ringuring movie versions and television series from different countries. After he finds a cryptic note in takayamas stomach, andou does some investigating and. The ring ringu, the spiral rasen download soundtracks. Many viewers probably felt the same reaction as when george lucas decided to explain the force with mitochlorians.
The film was released in 1998 at the same time as ring, presumably to give the. Ringu 1998 full length movie japanese version english. Mochiya rasen kaidan spiral staircase watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui. The film is primarily an original story and not a remake of any of the japanese films. Ringu was all about a paranormal curse on a videotape, yet rasen is about viruses and science. After the first book, koji suzukis ring series moves. The story starts with her as a shy, somewhat withdrawn, college student who nonetheless gets involved in a drama club. Spiral aka rasen the spiral the first sequel to ringu will be released in holland on dvd and vhs by worldwide cinema.
As such, it should be watched after ringu 1998 which you can choose to watch after ringu 0. Rasen is a horror film based on the books by koji suzuki. Ringu spiral rasen 1998 japanese horror movie part 1. Spiral, was also adapted into a film as the sequel to ring. Rasen or spiral, a 1998 japanese film based on the novel. In this entry, which was also based on the novel by koji suzuki, ryujis surviving friend and pathologist mitsuo ando koichi sato learns of his unusual death through mai miki nakatani, ryuji. In the lost sequel spiral also known as rasen, a pathologist and a young woman team up to. When hideo nakatas ring was released in japanese cinemas in 1998, it did so as part of a double bill with spiral, a sequel directed by joji george iida another heaven. The first of those sequels, spiral aka rasen, was released in japan on the same bill as ring, but with a different writer and director joji iida. It really shows how the japanese can make good horror. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title rasen. If you like ringu you can watch its sequel ringu 2 1999 and prequel ring 0. Spiral rasen 1998 japanese movie horror, mistery a young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friends wife and son, which is.
Extremely rare rasen television series, based on the second novel in the ring series, spiral by koji suzuki. Spiral, rasen is a 1995 japanese novel, a part of author koji suzukis ring series. However, whilst rasen followed along the plot of kojis original novel quite. The japanese film was a better adaptation of the movie. The acting and cinematography is impressive in this film, as with the other ringu.