Hideo Nakata

The Ring Collection Hideo Nakata

Collection of four Japanese horrors based on the novels by Koji Suzuki. In 'Ring' (1998), fear spreads among the students of a local high school when the news circulates of a mysterious videotape which brings death to those who watch it. TV reporter Reiko (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate, finds a copy of the tape in a deserted cabin and falls victim to its deadly curse.

With only one week left to live, her only hope is to uncover the story behind the tape, to find out where it came from and why it wields such terrible powers. In 'Ring 2' (1999) journalist Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani) begins her own investigation into the mysterious haunted videotape which kills all those who see it. Along the way she discovers that Youichi (Takashi Yamamura), the son of a victim, has begun to develop many of the same supernatural powers that the vengeful Sadako (Rie Ino'o) had when she was still alive.

Now Mai must do her best to protect both herself and Youichi from the undead Sadako as the tape's curse continues to exert its terrifying power. In 'Ring 0' (2000), the final part of the trilogy and a prequel to the original film, it's the 1950s and Sadako (Yukie Nakama), the evil spirit that wreaks havoc in the later stories, is a young, aspiring actress around whom strange things happen. Under suspicion from her peers she eventually takes part in a paranormal demonstration in front of the media.

One by one the journalists present start to die as the fiancée of one of the dead tries to unlock the mystery of the tape. Finally, in 'Rasen' (1998), following the events of 'Ring' (1998), the body of a victim is examined by a pathologist who finds a message inside the corpse's stomach. Leading him to watch a mysterious videotape, the pathologist soon finds himself the latest victim of the curse.