This article is about the 1998 Japanese horror film. For other uses, see Ring (disambiguation)

"Towel-Headed Man" redirects here. Not to ♨️ be confused with Towelhead

Ring (リング, Ringu) is a 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, 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 titled The Ring (stylized as the Ring) in English in Japan and released as Ringu ♨️ in North America.

Production took approximately nine months.[4] Ring and its sequel Spiral were released in Japan at the same time. ♨️ After its release, Ring was a huge box office success in Japan and was acclaimed by critics. It inspired numerous ♨️ follow-ups in the Ring franchise, popularized Japanese horror (or "J-horror") internationally, and triggered a trend of Western remakes of J-horror ♨️ films, including the 2002 American film The Ring.

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