Directed by:
Hideo NakataScreenplay:
Hiroshi TakahashiCinematography:
Jun'ichirô HayashiComposer:
Kenji KawaiCast:
Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satō, Daisuke Ban, 志水季里子, Yutaka Matsushige, 小市慢太郎, 大島蓉子, Hiroshi Sakuma, Yôichi Numata (more)Plots(1)
Hideo Nakata directs this classic Japanese horror based on the novels by Koji Suzuki. 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. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
![Nanako Matsushima](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270642_e30821.jpg)
Nanako Matsushima
Japan
Best movies:
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Grave Of The Fireflies (2005) (TV movie)
Ring (1998)
![Hiroyuki Sanada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270644_3d68d6.jpg)
Hiroyuki Sanada
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
![Miki Nakatani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/099/164099280_3378f6.jpg)
Miki Nakatani
Japan
Best movies:
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
![Yuko Takeuchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275806_186b89.jpg)
Yuko Takeuchi
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Be with You (2004)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
![Hitomi Satō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/595/160595927_19eb8e.jpg)
Hitomi Satō
Japan
Best movies:
A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
Ring (1998)
Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
![Daisuke Ban](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/468/159468424_516d8d.jpg)
Daisuke Ban
Japan
Best movies:
Ring (1998)
Ringu 0: Bāsudei (2000)
Ring 2 (1999)
志水季里子
Japan
Best movies:
Ring (1998)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)
![Yutaka Matsushige](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/600/167600446_ovy3fw.jpg)
Yutaka Matsushige
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
King Dog (2022)
Crows-Zero (2007)
![小市慢太郎](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/195/166195058_d06971.jpg)
小市慢太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Dear Friends (2007)
Ring (1998)
Radiance (2017)
![大島蓉子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/101/160101504_eed9ff.jpg)
Hiroshi Sakuma
Japan
Best movies:
A Stranger of Mine (2005)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Ring (1998)
Yôichi Numata
Japan
Best movies:
Ring (1998)
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Okatsu the Fugitive (1969)
![Yûrei Yanagi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/235/166235684_782193.jpg)
Yûrei Yanagi
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Dangan Runner (1996)