Ring: The Final Chapter
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Details
- Title: リング~最終章~
- Title (romaji): Ringu Saishusho
- Also known as: The Ring
- Genre: Mystery, drama, suspense
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings: 19.9%
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 1999-Jan-07 to 1999-Mar-25
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: Stars by Original Love
- Related TV show: 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
- Yamamoto Kei as Nagao Joutaro
- Yada Akiko as Takano Mai
- Fukugawa Yuta (深川雄太) as Asakawa Yoichi
- Kato Takayuki as Kawamura Ken
- Watanabe Tetsu as Officer Kashiwada
- Kimura Tae as Yamamura Shizuko / Sadako
- Uesugi Shogo (上杉祥三) as Dr. Ikuma Heihachiro
- Sasaki Sumie Dr. Ikuma Fujin
- Okamoto Aya as Ooishi Tomoko
- Suzuki Sawa as Yagi Kumiko
- Ikeuchi Mansaku as Abe
- Kawarazaki Kenzo as Moriyama Shuhei
- Matsuzaki Nao (松崎ナオ) as Matsuzaki Nao
- Takamoku Yoshihiko (高杢禎彦) as Manager Yagi
- Yamamoto Toshihiko as Tomoko's father
- Kohinata Fumiyo as Professor Kaneda
- Oonishi Tamae
- Nagano Satomi
- Higata Tomoka
- Watanabe Kenkichi
- Hirano Takahiro
- Matsuzawa Shigeo
- Yamamoto Yuuko
- Konoshima Aiko
- Fujita Munehisa
- Noguchi Fumie
- Inagaki Shozo
- Akabane Hideyuki
- Shindo Miyuki
- Kutomi Tadaharu
- Kobayashi Katsuya
- Hirooka Yuriko
- Ichikawa Chieko
- Ozawa Rie
- Nakamura Shinshou
- Niiyama Chiharu
- Tsukayama Masane
- Inomata Yuki
- Takarai Rie
- Takakura Kaori
- Yamazaki Yuta
- Kuranuki Masahiro
Production Credits
- Original writing: Suzuki Koji
- Screenwriter: Makita Kouji, Takayama Naoya
- Producer: Osabe Sosuke, Shimizu Kenji
- Director: Fukumoto Yoshihiko (福本義人), Nishitani Hiroshi, Matsuda Hidetomo (松田秀知)
- Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki (渡辺俊幸)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 封印は今解かれた / The seal was solved now
- Ep 02: ビデオに殺される / Killed by a videotape
- Ep 03: 誰かが見ている… / A stranger is watching...
- Ep 04: 沈黙のウイルス / A virus of silence
- Ep 05: 蘇った死者 / The dead person who was revived
- Ep 06: 新たなる超能力者 / A new person with supernatural power
- Ep 07: 今夜貞子が現れる / Sadako will shows up tonight
- Ep 08: 呪いを解くと誰かが死ぬ / Someone will die when the curse is solved
- Ep 09: 仕組まれた記憶 / Planned memory
- Ep 10: 貞子復活 / Sadako's revival
- Ep 11: 高山竜司、死す / Ryuji Takayama, dies
- Ep 12: 呪いは解けていなかった。13日目、新たな死者が世界を滅ぼす / On the thirteenth day, a new dead person destroys the world
Episode Ratings
- Ep 01: 21.1%
- Ep 02: 20.4%
- Ep 03: 17.7%
- Ep 04: 21.0%
- Ep 05: 20.0%
- Ep 06: 20.3%
- Ep 07: 20.8%
- Ep 08: 19.2%
- Ep 09: 18.1%
- Ep 10: 20.0%
- Ep 11: 20.4%
- Ep 12: 19.7%
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