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Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000)
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22 January 2000 (Japan)
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In this prequel to Ring, a young Sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her troubled past. But strange visions and terrifying powers begin to manifest... full summary | add synopsis
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Good prequel to round out the Japanese Ring series
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Yukie Nakama | ... | Sadako Yamamura | |
| Seiichi Tanabe | ... | Hiroshi Tôyama | |
| Kumiko Asô | ... | Etsuko Tachihara | |
| Takeshi Wakamatsu | ... | Yûsaku Shigemori | |
| Ryûshi Mizukami | ... | Wataru Kuno | |
| Okunuki Kaoru | ... | Aiko Hazuki | |
| Yasushi Kimura | ... | Togashi | |
| Mami Hashimoto | ... | Joshikôsei | |
| Daisuke Ban | ... | Heihachirô Ikuma | |
| Masako | ... | Shizuko Yamamura | |
| Norio Murata | ... | Gekidan'in | |
| Kôji Yano | ... | Gekidan'in | |
| Hinata Takamine | ... | Gekidan'in | |
| Tasuku Unô | ... | Gekidan'in | |
| Akira Igarashi | ... | Gekidan'in |
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Also Known As:
Ring 0: Birthday (Japan) (literal English title)
Ringu zero: Bâsudei (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
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Ringu zero: Bâsudei (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
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99 min
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References Les yeux sans visage (1960)
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Combining elements of drama and horror, Ring 0 is a very worthy installation of the indie horror franchise. This film really starts, though, as a drama, telling us the story of Sadako in a very linear fashion (which, deliciously, has become the more difficult and confusing path to take, since we already know the end of the story). We see Sadako as a human (!) who is not scary or evil at all but actually seems rather pleasant and almost painfully shy. A while later in the film, we see that Sadako is actually warring desperately with herself . . . and is losing. Her eventual slide into the monstrosity of the first and second Ring films is a sight to behold (and, hardcore fans will note, is echoed by a similar fall of Ando Mitsuo in the less popular Rasen).
The social overtones of this film are also outstanding and a fine addition to the series. Whereas the first two films are more exercises in combining psychological terror with techno-horror, Ring 0 takes a more Romero-esque approach to the social aspect of Sadako's transformation, meditating on the cruelty of her peers and the burning need for revenge of one journalist that brings the whole tragedy crashing down.
Incidentally, although it takes some time, this film WILL scare the hell out of you at the end. Just wait for it.
Very, very good. See it.