Template:Nihongo is a television series, produced in Japan, based on the Ring film series. There are a total of 12 episodes in the series and a sequel was made called Rasen, consisting of 13 episodes.
Production
After the success of the film adaptation of Ring, the television series takes liberties to change the story.Template:Sfn For example, at the end of the first episode, Asakawa has arrived at a cabin in Japan's countryside, to find a tape that had previously doomed three other people. On placing the tape into the video player, he is greeted unexpectedly with a music video by pop idol Nao Matsuzaki.Template:Sfn
The series was first shown on January 7, 1999 on Fuji TVTemplate:Sfn and ended March 25. It was followed by a sequel TV series titled Spiral, which ran for 13 50-minute episodes.Template:Sfn It features Akiko Yada and Tae Kimura reprising their roles, respectively.
Cast
- Toshirō Yanagiba as Kazuyuki Asakawa
- Tomoya Nagase as Ryûji Takayama
- Kotomi Kyono as Akiko Yoshino
- Akiko Yada as Mai Takano
- Tae Kimura as Sadako Yamamura
- Yūta Fukagawa as Yôichi Asakawa
- Hitomi Kuroki as Rieko Miyashita
List of episodes
- "The Seal is Now Solved" - January 7, 1999
- "Killed by a Videotape" - January 14, 1999
- "Someone is Watching..." - January 21, 1999
- "A Virus of Silence" - January 28, 1999
- "The Dead Person Who Was Reborn" - February 4, 1999
- "A New Person with Supernatural Power" - February 11, 1999
- "Sadako Will Appear Tonight" - February 18, 1999
- "Someone Will Die When the Curse is Solved" - February 25, 1999
- "Planned Memory" - March 3, 1999
- "Sadako's Revival" - March 11, 1999
- "Ryuji Takayama Dies" - March 18, 1999
- "The Curse Was Not Lifted. The Thirteenth Day, a New Dead Person Destroys the World" - March 25, 1999