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Ringu Movie Review

Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada
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Review Summary
RINGU (Ring) is a Japanese movie directed by Hideo Nakata in 1997. This picture won numerous prizes in festivals dedicated to fantasy films. Remade in Hollywood as "The Ring" in 2002.

A journalist is investigating a very special videotape, which is currently the talk of the local colleges. It is said that the unfortunate one who watchs this videotape has only seven days to live after the screening. The very professional journalist finds the videotape, watches it and begins to panic. Helped by her ex-husband, she will discover, among other things, that the ghost of a young woman may be responsible for the recent inexplicable deaths she's investigating.   




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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - ghosts!

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (woman) long, straight
Body type - average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese

Main Adversary
Identity: - a deadline

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Water? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - Japanese
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - None
Is this movie based on a - book
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