Ring: The Final Chapter

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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

The series was first shown on January 7, 1999 on Fuji TVTemplate:Sfn and ended March 25. It was followed by a sequel TV series titled Spiral, which ran for 13 50-minute episodes.Template:Sfn 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 Yamamura
• Yūta Fukagawa as Yôichi Asakawa
• Hitomi Kuroki as Rieko Miyashita

List of episodes

1. "The Seal is Now Solved" - January 7, 1999
2. "Killed by a Videotape" - January 14, 1999
3. "Someone is Watching..." - January 21, 1999
4. "A Virus of Silence" - January 28, 1999
5. "The Dead Person Who Was Reborn" - February 4, 1999
6. "A New Person with Supernatural Power" - February 11, 1999
7. "Sadako Will Appear Tonight" - February 18, 1999
8. "Someone Will Die When the Curse is Solved" - February 25, 1999
9. "Planned Memory" - March 3, 1999
10. "Sadako's Revival" - March 11, 1999
11. "Ryuji Takayama Dies" - March 18, 1999
12. "The Curse Was Not Lifted. The Thirteenth Day, a New Dead Person Destroys the World" - March 25, 1999

External links

• Ring: The Final Chapter review
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