Japan, 1999
95m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
DTS-Stereo, English
A Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata.
Plot Summary
A friend of one of the victims of the cursed videotape finds that it’s still doing the rounds and has lost none of its powers to kill.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Kadokawa Shoten
Produced by: Masato Hara
Written by: Hiroshi Takahashi
Based on the Novel by: Kôji Suzuki
Director of Photography: Hideo Yamamoto
Editor: Nobuyuki Takahashi
Music: Kenji Kawai
Sound Recordist: Kiyoshi Kakizawa
Special Make-up Effects Supervisor: Takuya Wada
Special Effects: Hajime Matsumoto
Production Designer: Iwao Saitô
Cast
Miki Nakatani (Mai Takano
Hitomi Satô (Masami Kurahashi
Kyôko Fukada (Kanae Sawaguchi
Fumiyo Kohinata (Kawajiri Ishi)
Kenjirô Ishimaru (Ômuta Keiji)
Yûrei Yanagi (Okazaki)
Rikiya Ôtaka (Yôichi Asakawa)
Yôichi Numata (Takashi Yamamura)
Masako (Shizuko Yamamura)
Miwako Kaji (Kazue Yamamura)
Katsumi Muramatsu (Kôichi Asakawa)
Daisuke Ban (Heihachirô Ikuma)
Rie Ino’o (Sadako Yamamura)
Reita Serizawa (Okazaki no Dôryô – Sakuma)
Shinmei Tsuji (Manshon Kanrinin)
Tarô Suwa (Kadokura Keiji)
Kinto Tamura (Shorô no Otoko)
Shirô Namiki (Gishi)
Takashi Nishina (Joshu)
Yoshiko Yura (Kangofu – Hayashi)
Alternative Titles
El aro 2 – Mexico, Venezuela
Avertizarea 2 – Romania
O Chamado 2 – Brazil
Halka II – Turkey
A kör 2. – A félelem – Hungary
Ring 2: El círculo 2 – Spain
Ring 2: O Chamado – Brazil
Ring 2 – Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, UK, USA
The Ring 2 – Argentina, Denmark, Japan
The ring 2: I katara – Greece
The ring 2: Η κατάρα – Greece
The Ring: Krąg 2 – Poland
Vòng Tròn Oan Nghiệt 2 – Vietnam
Звонок 2 – Russia
Круг 2 – Serbia
リング2 – Japan
七夜怪談2：貞子謎咒 – Taiwan (re-release)
貞子謎咒 – Taiwan
Links
Sequel to
Ringu (1998)
Rasen (1998)
Sequels
Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000)
Sadako 3D (2012)
Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
Sadako vs Kayako (2016)
Extracts included in
The J-Horror Virus (2023)
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)
References
Periodicals
- Cinemad no.3 (2000) p.18 – review (In Case You Missed It by Theron Patterson)
- Empire no.140 (February 2001) p.47 – illustrated review (New films by Mark Dinning)
- Empire no.187 (January 2005) p.216 – DVD review (RWD: Ring Trilogy by KN [Kim Newman])
- Film Review no.602 (February 2001) p.36 – illustrated review (Ring 2 by Alan Jones)
- Screen International no.1407 (6 June 2003) p.10 – illustrated article (Diary of a remake by Patrick Frater and Kay Jeremy)
- Sight and Sound vol.11 no.10 (October 2001) p.65 – DVD review (Reviews: Home movies: Premiere releases by Danny Leigh)
- Sight and Sound vol.15 no.2 (February 2005) p.86 – DVD review (Premiere releases: The Ring Trilogy by Matthew Leyland)
- Starburst no.276 (August 2001) p.69 – illustrated video reviews (Reviews: videofile by Ian Atkins)
- Starburst no.318 (January 2005) p.103 – illustrated DVD review (DVD reviews by Richard Houldsworth)
- Variety 2 August 1999 p.34 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Film reviews)
Books
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Murguia (ed.) pp.267-268 – credits, review (by Josh Dawson)
