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Title: リング ~最終章~
Title (romaji): Ringu: Saishûshô
Also known as: Ring: Saishuushou
Chinese name: 午夜兇鈴 ~最終章~
Tagline: 愛は恐怖で試される。
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 unusual 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 (ep1-2)
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
Screenwriters: Makita Mitsuharu, Takayama Naoya
Producers: Osabe Sosuke, Shimizu Kenji
Directors: Fukumoto Yoshihiko (福本義人), Nishitani Hiroshi, Matsuda Hidetomo
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Episode Titles
Ep 01: 封印は今解かれた / The Seal is Now Solved
Ep 02: ビデオに殺される / Killed by a Videotape
Ep 03: 誰かが見ている… / Someone 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 Reborn
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 Appear 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 / The Curse was Not Lifted. The Thirteenth Day, a New Dead Person Destroys the World
