Ring: The Final Chapter
{{Infobox television
| image = Ringu Saishusho.jpg
| caption = Title card
| genre =
| runtime = 45 minutes{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}
| director = {{plainlist|* Fukumoto Yoshito
- Hidetomo Matsuda
- Yoshihito Fukumoto{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}}}
| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Kouji Makita
- Naoya Takayama{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}}}
| starring = Toshirō Yanagiba
Tomoya Nagase
Akiko Yada
Kotomi Kyono
Tae Kimura
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Kenji Shimizu
- Sousuke Osabe{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}}}
| composer = Toshiyuki Watanabe{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| network = Fuji TV
| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|01|07}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1999|03|25}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 12{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}
}}
{{nihongo|Ring: The Final Chapter|リング ～最終章～|Ring ~Saishūshō~}} is a television series, produced in Japan, based on the Ring film series. There are a total of 12 episodes in the series and a sequel was made called Rasen, consisting of 13 episodes.
Production
After the success of the film adaptation of Ring, the television series takes liberties to change the story.{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=39}} For example, at the end of the first episode, Asakawa has arrived at a cabin in Japan's countryside, to find a tape that had previously doomed three other people. On placing the tape into the video player, he is greeted unexpectedly with a music video by pop idol Nao Matsuzaki.{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=39}}
The series was first shown on January 7, 1999 on Fuji TV{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=276}}
and ended March 25. It was followed by a sequel TV series titled Spiral, which ran for 13 50-minute episodes.{{sfn|Kalat|2007|p=40}} It features Akiko Yada and Tae Kimura reprising their roles, respectively.
Cast
- Toshirō Yanagiba as Kazuyuki Asakawa
- Tomoya Nagase as Ryûji Takayama
- Kotomi Kyono as Akiko Yoshino
- Akiko Yada as Mai Takano
- Tae Kimura as Sadako Ikuma
- Yūta Fukagawa as Yôichi Asakawa
- Hitomi Kuroki as Rieko Miyashita
List of episodes
- "The Seal is Now Solved" - January 7, 1999
- "Killed by a Videotape" - January 14, 1999
- "Someone is Watching..." - January 21, 1999
- "A Virus of Silence" - January 28, 1999
- "The Dead Person Who Was Reborn" - February 4, 1999
- "A New Person with Supernatural Power" - February 11, 1999
- "Sadako Will Appear Tonight" - February 18, 1999
- "Someone Will Die When the Curse is Solved" - February 25, 1999
- "Planned Memory" - March 3, 1999
- "Sadako's Revival" - March 11, 1999
- "Ryuji Takayama Dies" - March 18, 1999
- "The Curse Was Not Lifted. The Thirteenth Day, a New Dead Person Destroys the World" - March 25, 1999
References
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=Works cited=
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book | last=Kalat | first=David | title=J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond | publisher=Vertical Inc | date=2007 | isbn=978-1-932234-08-4}}
{{Refend}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410223948/http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_movies/ringfinalchapter.shtml Ring: The Final Chapter review]
- {{IMDb title|0235134|Ring: Saishusho}}
- {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010618191742/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/ring/ | date=June 18, 2001 | title=Official website}}
{{The Ring}}
Category:Japanese drama television series
Category:Japanese horror fiction television series
Category:1999 Japanese television series debuts
Category:1999 Japanese television series endings