Ring 0: Birthday (2000)

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99 min - Horror - 22 January 2000 (Japan)

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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 3,901 users
Reviews: 68 user | 41 critic

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...

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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
	Kaoru Okunuki	...	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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Storyline

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 The story starts with her as a shy, somewhat withdrawn, college student who nonetheless gets involved in a drama club.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. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

22 January 2000 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

A kör 0: A születés See more »

Company Credits

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Ring 0: Birthday Seisaku Iinkai See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Black and White (some sequences) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Connections

Referenced in "Special Collector's Edition: The Ring (#2.14)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ Continuo"
Written by Tomaso Albinoni and Remo Giazotto
Courtesy of Gakken/Platz See more »

Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Ringu 0: Bâsudei (original title)

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