Ring 0

(2000)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 294 votes

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama

Year: 2000

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 鶴田法男

Cast: 仲間由紀恵, 田辺誠一, Кумико Асо, 田中好子, 若松武史, 水上竜士, 奥貫薫, 木村靖司, 橋本真実, 伴大介

Plot

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.

The prequel to the horror film Ringu, this movie provides the background story of how Sadako later became the vengeful murdering spirit. The story starts with her as a shy, somewhat withdrawn, college student who nonetheless gets involved in a drama club. The director thinks she has talent, but some of the other performers start to get jealous of the attention he gives her. Meanwhile, a reporter investigating Sadako's spiritualist mother thinks there's something very suspicious about the young woman, and arrives on campus to confront Sadako just as a series of strange deaths start sweeping through the drama club.