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The Ring (franchise)
''Ring'' (), also known as ''The Ring'', is a media franchise, based on the Ring (novel series), novel series of the same name written by Koji Suzuki. The franchise includes eight Japanese films, two television series, eight manga adaptations, three English-language Cinema of the United States, American film Remake, remakes, a Korean film remake, and two video games: ''The Ring: Terror's Realm'' and ''Ring: Infinity'' (both 2000). While most installments of the franchise are Drama (film and television), dramatic supernatural horror Horror fiction, fiction, other genres are also explored with the novel ''Loop (novel), Loop'' (1998) being science fiction-focused, and the manga series ''Sadako-san and Sadako-chan'' (2019) and ''Sadako at the End of the World'' (2020) and feature film ''Sadako DX'' (2022) being comedy-focused. The Japanese ''Ring'' films revolve around a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days later, unless the tape is copied and shown to another p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Suzuki
is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling and motorcycling. Bibliography Some of the books listed here are published in the US by Vertical (company), Vertical Inc., owned by Kodansha and Dai Nippon Printing. ''Ring'' series * The Ring (franchise), ''Ring'' trilogy and extended series ** ''Ring (Suzuki novel), Ring'' (''Ringu'') (1991) ** ''Spiral (Suzuki novel), Spiral'' (''Rasen'') (1995) ** ''Loop (novel), Loop'' (''Rupu'') (1998) ** ''Birthday (short story collection), Birthday'' (1999) (Short story collection) *** "Coffin in the Sky" [details what happened to Mai Takano in ''Spiral''] *** "Lemon Heart" [prequel to ''Ring''] *** "Happy Birthday" [a direct epilogue to ''Loop''] ** ''S (Suzuki novel), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring Two
''The Ring Two'' is a 2005 American supernatural horror film and sequel to the 2002 film '' The Ring'', which was a remake of the 1998 Japanese film '' Ring''. Hideo Nakata, director of the original ''Ring'', directed this film in place of Gore Verbinski. Noam Murro was attached before Nakata, but left due to creative differences. Naomi Watts, David Dorfman and Daveigh Chase reprised their roles with Simon Baker, Elizabeth Perkins and Sissy Spacek joining the cast. This film also marks the debut of Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The film was shot in Astoria, Oregon, and Los Angeles, California. Originally intended to be released on November 10, 2004, ''The Ring Two'' was released theatrically on March 18, 2005. Although it was met with a generally mixed critical reception, it opened in the United States with a strong $35 million in its first weekend, more than doubling the opening weekend of ''The Ring''. Its final $76 million domestic gross was less than the original's $1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (novel Series)
is a series of horror novels written by Koji Suzuki. The novels were initially a trilogy, consisting of '' Ring'', '' Spiral'', and '' Loop''. A short story collection called ''Birthday'' was released shortly after, introducing extra stories interconnecting the trilogy. Two further books, '' S'' and ''Tide'', were published in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The novels revolve around a curse, embodied within a videotape, unleashed by Sadako Yamamura, the ghost of a psychic who was raped and murdered before being thrown into a well. The success of the novels led to the release of numerous film adaptations in Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Books ''Ring'' (1991) This story is set in present-day Tokyo. When four teenagers mysteriously die one night at the same time, Kazuyuki Asakawa, a journalist and uncle to one of the teens, takes a particular interest in the case and investigates. This leads him to a holiday resort called Hakone Pacific Island, where the four teens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Franchise
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time." Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinity
Infinity is something which is boundless, endless, or larger than any natural number. It is denoted by \infty, called the infinity symbol. From the time of the ancient Greeks, the philosophical nature of infinity has been the subject of many discussions among philosophers. In the 17th century, with the introduction of the infinity symbol and the infinitesimal calculus, mathematicians began to work with infinite series and what some mathematicians (including l'Hôpital and Bernoulli) regarded as infinitely small quantities, but infinity continued to be associated with endless processes. As mathematicians struggled with the foundation of calculus, it remained unclear whether infinity could be considered as a number or magnitude and, if so, how this could be done. At the end of the 19th century, Georg Cantor enlarged the mathematical study of infinity by studying infinite sets and infinite numbers, showing that they can be of various sizes. For example, if a line is viewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror's Realm
''The Ring: Terror's Realm'' (known simply as in Japan) is a survival horror video game developed and published by Asmik Ace Entertainment in Japan and published by Infogrames North America in North America. It was released for Dreamcast on February 24, 2000 in Japan and September 26 in North America (it was originally set for a June 28 release date, but was delayed for unknown reasons). It is based on the ''Ring'' series of novels by Japanese author Koji Suzuki, which also inspired the Japanese film '' Ring'' (1998) and its American remake, '' The Ring'' (2002). Plot Meg Rainman is a newly-hired researcher at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States. Her boyfriend Robert is among four workers at the CDC who have died mysteriously on the same day, and the only thing that connects them is a program found in their computers, called "RING". When the CDC is put under lockdown, Meg finds herself imprisoned in the center with her co-workers, and inside the CDC Meg m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasen (TV Series)
is the sequel to the TV drama '' Ring: The Final Chapter'', based on the novel '' Spiral'' by Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series and video games. He has written .... Much like '' Ring: The Final Chapter'', it does not adapt much of the original source material. There are a total of 13 episodes in the series. List of episodes #"Sadako's Revenge: A Horror Greater Than ''The Ring''" #"The Dead Watch the Well" #"I Come to Kill Myself..." #"A Dead Person is Resurrected to a Legendary Village" #"The Devil Was in This Room" #"Nobody Can Stop Me Any Longer" #"The Man Who Made Sadako" #"The Child Who Died Twice..." #"The Ring of Hatred is Complete" #"The Prisoner is Murdered by a Prison Guard" #"The Fortuneteller is Murdered" #"The World Will Fall to Ruins Tomorrow" #"The Immortal" References Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter may refer to: Film * '' Walking Tall: Final Chapter'', the third ''Walking Tall'' film, released in 1977 * '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Friday the 13th'' film, released in 1984 * '' Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter'', a 1988 anime television film based on the ''Maison Ikkoku'' manga series, aired in 1988 * '' Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Urusei Yatsura'' film, released in 1988 * '' Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Puppet Master'' film, released in 1994 * '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Lake Placid'' film, released in 2012 * '' Saw 3D: The Final Chapter'', the seventh ''Saw'' film, released in 2010 * '' Shrek Forever After'', the fourth ''Shrek'' film, sometimes referred to as ''Shrek: The Final Chapter'', released in 2010 * '' Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'', the sixth ''Resident Evil'' film, released in 2017 Music * ''The Final Chapter'' (Hypocrisy album), 1997 * ''The Final C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rings (2005 Film)
''Rings'' is a 2005 American supernatural horror short film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, who co-wrote with Ehren Kruger. It serves as a sequel to '' The Ring'' (2002) and a prelude to the opening sequence of ''The Ring Two'' (2005), both written by Kruger. The film was initially released on March 8, 2005, as an extra disc with a re-release of the first film on DVD. Plot Sometime after the events of '' The Ring'', Samara Morgan's videotape has spread, as each person who sees the video makes a copy and shows it to someone else. A subculture has grown surrounding the video: people wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get. When they grow too afraid to go on any longer, they show the tape to the next assigned person. Groups that have watched the video are called "rings". The film is focused on Jake Pierce, the latest member of one such ring. The ring has recruited its next member, Tim, who will watch the tape when Jake cracks. Jake is amazed at what he ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadako DX
''Sadako DX'' () is a 2022 Japanese supernatural comedy horror film directed by Hisashi Kimura. The film is an installment in the ''Ring'' franchise, and a distant sequel to 1998's '' Ring'' ignoring the events of the '' Spiral'' and '' Ring 2'' timelines respectively. ''Sadako DX'' stars Fuka Koshiba as a quick-witted college student who has to unravel the cursed videotape after finding out her sister has seen it, discovering that the curse now claims the victim's life only 24 hours after viewing it. ''Sadako DX'' also stars Kazuma Kawamura and Mario Kuroba. ''Sadako DX'' premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival. It was released in Japan on 28 October the same year. Plot Ayaka Ichijo ( Fuka Koshiba), a graduate student and prodigy with an alleged IQ of 200, is introduced to the cursed videotape by psychic and fortune teller Master Kenshin ( Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) on a televised variety show. He claims that while the tape has previously killed their victims i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadako (film)
''Sadako'' (), also known as Sadako KOL' (), is a 2019 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. Loosely based on the novel ''Tide'' by Koji Suzuki, the film is an installment in the ''Ring'' franchise, and a sequel to Nakata's 1999 film ''Ring 2''. The film centers around a vengeful ghost named Sadako Yamamura who is associated with a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape is killed seven days later. ''Sadako'' premiered in Japan on 24 May 2019, and it played on the opening night of the Fantasia International Film Festival. A tie-in manga series, ''Sadako-san and Sadako-chan'', was published in February before the film's release. Plot Believing her daughter to be Sadako Yamamura's reincarnation, clairvoyant Hatsuko Sofue prepares to set fire to the padlocked closet where her daughter is confined. Sadako's ghost breaks free from a cave on Oshima Island and appears inside Hatsuko's apartment. The little girl suddenly appears outside the closet w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rings (2017 Film)
''Rings'' is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez and written by David Loucka, Jacob Aaron Estes and Akiva Goldsman. It is the third installment in ''The Ring'' series and is based on elements of '' Spiral'' by Kōji Suzuki. It stars Matilda Lutz as a young woman who finds herself on the receiving end of a terrifying curse that threatens to take her life in seven days. Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D'Onofrio also star in supporting roles. Paramount Pictures had initially planned a third film, originally titled ''The Ring 3D'', in early 2014, directed by Gutiérrez and written by Loucka and Estes. Later, Goldsman had been hired to co-write the script, while the film had been retitled to ''Rings''. Principal photography began in March 2015, in Atlanta, and wrapped on May that same year. Reshoots took place in July 2016. ''Rings'' was released in the United States on February 3, 2017, by Param ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
