The read
Audiences rate it 51 points higher than critics do. Number 5 of 9 in its series by score.
Synopsis
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes7%
Audiences rate it 51 points higher than critics do.
477 audience votes
Key crew
- Hideo NakataDirector
- Kenji KawaiOriginal Music Composer
- Hiroshi TakahashiScreenplay
Cast
- Miki NakataniMai Takano
- Hitomi SatoMasami Kurahashi
- Kyoko FukadaKanae Sawaguchi
- Fumiyo KohinataDr. Kawajiri
- Kenjirou IshimaruDetective Omuta
- Yûrei YanagiOkazaki
- Rikiya ÔtakaYôichi Asakawa
- Yōichi NumataTakashi Yamamura
- MasakoShizuko Yamamura
- Miwako KajiKazue Yamamura
- Katsumi MuramatsuKôichi Asakawa
- Daisuke BanHeihachirô Ikuma
Stills
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Shows like Ring 2
Themes
based on novel or bookasylumsequelcursevideotapefemale corpsemysterious deathhaunted video tapewaterwater wellsupernatural ability