JAPAN · 1998

Ringu

Hideo Nakata
J-Horror technology and mortality curse and supernatural consequence motherhood and protection investigation and truth-seeking fate and inevitability
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A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

Year1998
CountryJapan
DirectorHideo Nakata
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