While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Cast
Miki Nakatani
Mai Takano
Hitomi Sato
Masami Kurahashi
Kyoko Fukada
Kanae Sawaguchi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Dr. Kawajiri
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Detective Omuta
Yûrei Yanagi
Okazaki
Rikiya Ôtaka
Yôichi Asakawa
Yōichi Numata
Takashi Yamamura
Masako
Shizuko Yamamura
Miwako Kaji
Kazue Yamamura
Katsumi Muramatsu
Kôichi Asakawa
Daisuke Ban
Heihachirô Ikuma
Rie Ino'o
Sadako Yamamura
Masakazu Serizawa
Okazaki no Dôryô - Sakuma
Shinmei Tsuji
Manshon Kanrinin
Nanako Matsushima
Reiko Asakawa
Yoshiko Yura
Nurse Hayashi
Hiroyuki Sanada
Ryuji Takayama
Tarô Suwa
Kadokura Keiji
Kinto Tamura
Shorô
Shirô Namiki
Gishi
Takashi Nishina
Joshu
Yoko Chosokabe
Nurse Ukai
Isao Yatsu
Taxi Driver
Mebuki Tsuchida
Young Sadako
Kazumasa Taguchi
Keiji
Sadahiko Irisawa
Young Keiji
Takahiko Tamura
TV Cameraman
Hiroyuki Amano
TV Kyoku Staff
Koichi Shibata
TV Kyoku Staff
Tomo Taniguchi
Elder
Ai Ihara
Female Nurse
Mitsuko Iwamoto
Female Nurse
Hatsune Matsushima
Female Nurse
Yamaguchi Maho
Patient
Usagi Ōyama
Patient
Sanae Kagaya
Patient
Yoko Ashikawa
Patient
Akeno
Patient
Ayumi Tachihara
Patient
Shôko Iroka
Patient
Junko Sasaki
Patient
Kazu Nagahama
Doctor #2 (uncredited)
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- Release Date 01/23/1999
- Language Japanese
- Director Hideo Nakata
- Editor Nobuyuki Takahashi
- Cinematographer Hideo Yamamoto
- Producers Takashige Ichise, Masato Harada, Makoto Ishihara
- Companies KADOKAWA Shoten, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Fuji Television Network, TOHO, Sumitomo Corporation, IMAGICA, Nippan Group Holdings, Omega Project
- Budget $6,000,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Jan 23, 1999 | Theatrical (Limited) | R |
| DK | Jan 23, 1999 | Physical | 15 |
| FI | Jan 23, 1999 | Theatrical | K-16 |
| Japan | Jan 23, 1999 | Theatrical | — |
| NO | Jan 23, 1999 | Physical | 15 |
| SE | Jan 23, 1999 | Theatrical | 15 |
| South Korea | Jul 29, 2000 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United Kingdom | Jan 12, 2001 | Theatrical | 12 |
| United Kingdom | Jul 30, 2001 | Physical | 12 |
| France | Mar 20, 2002 | Theatrical | — |
| Poland | Feb 21, 2003 | Digital | 16 |
| Italy | May 21, 2003 | Physical | — |
| PH | Mar 5, 2005 | Theatrical | R-13 |
| United States | Aug 23, 2005 | Physical | NR |
| Germany | Nov 22, 2012 | Digital | 16 |
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