Ring: The Final Chapter
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Details
- Title: Ringu Saishusho
- Title (romaji): リング
- Also Known As: The Ring
- Episodes: 12
- Genre: Mystery / Drama / Suspense
- Viewership ratings: 21.1%
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 1999-Jan-07 to 1999-Mar-25
- Theme Song: Stars by Original Love
- Related drama: Rasen
Synopsis
Four high school students died of heart attack mysteriously. A reporter from Central Newspaper, Asakawa, was determined to find out the truth. He learned that all 4 students watched a video tape 2 weeks before they died, so he obtained the tape and watched it, trying to solve the mystery. However, he did not see anything unusal in the tape, which is a music video of a popular singer. Nevertheless, another man who also watched the tape 2 weeks ago died of heart attack. Asakawa was afraid that he would die after 2 weeks, so he seeked help from Takayama Ryuji, who specialized in paranormal phenomenon and seemed to have a mysterious past. After computerized digital analysis, they found out that the video was cursed and whoever saw it only had 13 days left to live...Grace
Cast
- Yanagiba Toshiro as Asakawa Kazuyuki
- Nagase Tomoya as Takayama Ryuji
- Kuroki Hitomi as Miyashita Rieko
- Kyono Kotomi as Yoshino Akiko
- Yada Akiko as Takano Mai
- Yamamoto Kei as Nagao Joutaro
- Fukugawa Yuta as Asakawa Yoichi
- Kato Takayuki as Kawamura Ken
- Matsuzaki Nao as herself
- Okamoto Aya as Ooishi Tomoko
- Yamamoto Toshihiko as Tomoko's father
- Oonishi Tamae
- Kohinata Fumiyo as Professor Kaneda
- Nagano Satomi
- Watanabe Tetsu as Officer Kashiwada
- Ikeuchi Mansaku
- Higata Tomoka
- Watanabe Kenkichi
- Hirano Takahiro
- Matsuzawa Shigeo
- Yamamoto Yuuko
- Konoshima Aiko
- Takamoku Yoshihiko as Yagi
- Uesugi Shogo as Dr. Ikuma Heihachiro
- Fujita Munehisa
- Noguchi Fumie
- Inagaki Shozo
- Akabane Hideyuki
- Shindo Miyuki
- Kutomi Tadaharu
- Kimura Tae
- Sasaki Sumie Dr. Ikuma's wife
- Suzuki Sawa
- Kobayashi Katsuya
- Hirooka Yuriko
- Ichikawa Chieko
- Ozawa Rie
- Nakamura Shinshou
- Kawarazaki Kenzo
- Niiyama Chiharu
- Tsukayama Masane
- Inomata Yuki
- Takarai Rie
- Takakura Kaori
- Yamazaki Yuta
Production Credits
- Original writing: Suzuki Kouji
- Screenwriter: Maida Kouji, Takayama Naoya
- Producer: Osabe Sosuke, Shimizu Kenji
- Director: Fukumoto Yoshihiko, Matsuda Hidetomo, Nishitani Hiroshi
- Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki