Directed by Hideo Nakata Written by Hiroshi Takahashi   Kôji Suzuki   Cast Nanako Matsushima ... Reiko Asakawa Miki Nakatani ... Mai Takano Yûko Takeuchi ... Tomoko Ôishi Hitomi Satô ... Masami Yôichi Numata ... Takashi Yamamura Yutaka Matsushige ... Yoshino Katsumi Muramatsu ... Kôichi Asakawa Rikiya Ôtaka ... Yôichi Asakawa Masako ... Shizuko Yamamura Daisuke Ban ... Heihachirô Ikuma Kanehiro Ri ... Komiya kameraman Yûrei Yanagi ... AD Okazaki (as Yanagi Yûrei -yûjô shutsuen-) Yôko Ôshima ... Reiko no oba Kiriko Shimizu ... Yoshimi Ôishi Makoto Kakeda ... Kanrinin Rie Ino'o ... Sadako Yamamura Hiroyuki Tanabe ... Hayatsu Miwako Kaji ... Kazue Yamamura Yôko Honma ... Chûgakusei A Asami Nagata ... Chûgakusei B Yukiko Shimohira ... Chûgakusei C Keiko Yoshida ... Kôkôsei A Matsuyû ... Kôkôsei B (as Yûko Matsumaru) Ayumu Naose ... Kôkôsei C Maki Ikeda ... Yôko Tsuji Takashi Takayama ... Takehiko Nômi Toshihiko Takeda ... Takashi Yamamura (seinen jidai) Mantarô Koichi ... Kôkaidô no shikô-yaku Shin'ichi Noda ... Kisha daihyô A Shigefumi Nakai ... Kisha daihyô B Chihiro Shirai ... Sadako (shôjo jidai) Yûki Takahata   Mutsuko Ôshima   Taku Kobayashi   Hiromi Murata   Kazuhiro Yokoyama   Mizuho Kinoshita   Toshinori Yoshino   Asami Ishikawa   Hiroyuki Sanada ... Ryûji Takayama Produced by Masato Hara   Takashige Ichise   Makoto Ishihara   Tatsuya Isomura   Shin'ya Kawai   Takenori Sentô   Original Music by Kenji Kawai

Additional Info Premiere: January 31, 1998 DVD Release: August 05, 2003 Blu-ray Release: October 29, 2019 Country: Distributor: Arrow Films Websites: Alternate Titles Ring Production Companies Basara Pictures Toho Imagica Asmik Ace Entertainment Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Omega Project Pony Canyon Distributors Arrow Video   (2019) (United States) DreamWorks Home Entertainment   (2003) (United States) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.3 / 10 Our Rating 7.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.9 / 10 Female Users 7.1 / 10 Site Ranking #1,987 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 11 total ratings Almost Perfect 6 total ratings Average 7 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,983 Angel: Season 3 (2001) #1,984 Angel: Season 1 (1999) #1,985 Superhero Movie (2008) #1,986 Death Wish (2018) #1,987 Ringu (1998) #1,988 Beethoven (1992) #1,989 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) #1,990 In The Valley Of Elah (2007) #1,991 Bewitched (2005)