Ring: The Final Chapter

Ring: The Final Chapter (リング ～最終章～, Ring ~Saishūshō~) is a television series, produced in Japan, based on the Ring movie series. There are a total of 12 episodes in the series and a sequel was made called Rasen, consisting of 13 episodes.

Ring: The Final Chapter
Title card
Screenplay by	Kouji Makita Naoya Takayama[1]
Directed by	Fukumoto Yoshito Hidetomo Matsuda Yoshihito Fukumoto[1]
Starring	Toshirō Yanagiba Tomoya Nagase Akiko Yada Kotomi Kyono Tae Kimura
Composer	Toshiyuki Watanabe[1]
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12[1]
Production
Producers	Kenji Shimizu Sousuke Osabe[1]
Running time	45 minutes[1]
Release
Original network	Fuji TV
Original release	January 7, 1999
External links
Website

Production

After the success of the film adaptation of Ring, the television series takes liberties to change the story.[2] 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.[2]

The series was first shown on January 7, 1999 on Fuji TV.[1]

It was followed by a sequel TV series titled Spiral, which ran for 13 50-minute episodes.[3] 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

1. "The Seal is Now Solved"
2. "Killed by a Videotape"
3. "Someone is Watching..."
4. "A Virus of Silence"
5. "The Dead Person Who Was Reborn"
6. "A New Person with Supernatural Power"
7. "Sadako Will Appear Tonight"
8. "Someone Will Die When the Curse is Solved"
9. "Planned Memory"
10. "Sadako's Revival"
11. "Ryuji Takayama Dies"
12. "The Curse Was Not Lifted. The Thirteenth Day, a New Dead Person Destroys the World"

References

1. Kalat 2007, p. 276.
2. Kalat 2007, p. 39.
3. Kalat 2007, p. 40.

Works cited

• Kalat, David (2007). J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. Vertical Inc. ISBN 978-1-932234-08-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Ring The Final Chapter Review
• Ring: Saishusho at IMDb
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived June 18, 2001)