Ring
Original title: リング
“One curse, one cure, one week to find it.”
- 1998
- 1h 36m
- NR
★ 7.1 TMDB Rating · 1.8K votes
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
- Director
- Hideo Nakata
- Release date
- Jan 31, 1998
- Original language
- Japanese
- Origin
- Japan
Cast of Ring
Nanako Matsushima
Reiko Asakawa
Hiroyuki Sanada
Ryuji Takayama
Rikiya Ôtaka
Yoichi Asakawa
Miki Nakatani
Mai Takano
Yuko Takeuchi
Tomoko Oishi
Hitomi Sato
Masami Kurahashi
Yutaka Matsushige
Yoshino
Yōichi Numata
Takashi Yamamura
Katsumi Muramatsu
Koichi Asakawa
Masako
Shizuko Yamamura
Rie Ino'o
Sadako Yamamura
Daisuke Ban
Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma
Where to Stream Ring by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Philo, MUBI, AsianCrushRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on ARROWRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- Streaming on MUBI, AsianCrush, ARROWRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies
- Australia
- Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies
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Ring release dates by country
Ring was released in cinemas on Aug 18, 2000 (United Kingdom).
World premiere: Aug 20, 2003 (Cinemanila Film Festival)
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Age rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Aug 18, 2000 | — | 15 |
| Canada | Jan 31, 1998 (limited) | — | R |
| Australia | Sep 13, 2001 | — | MA 15+ |
| Denmark | Jan 31, 1998 | — | 15 |
| Finland | Jan 31, 1998 | — | K-16 |
| Japan | Jan 31, 1998 | — | G |
| Mexico | Jan 31, 1998 | — | B-15 |
| Norway | Jan 31, 1998 (limited) | — | 15 |
| Hong Kong | Apr 29, 1999 | — | IIA |
| South Korea | Dec 11, 1999 | — | 12 |
| Ireland | Aug 18, 2000 (limited) | — | 18 |
| Spain | Nov 24, 2000 | — | 12 |
| France | Apr 11, 2001 | — | 12 |
| Sweden | Apr 28, 2001 | — | 15 |
| Philippines | Dec 4, 2002 | — | — |
| Germany | May 15, 2003 | — | 16 |
| Netherlands | TV: Oct 1, 2007 | — | 16 |
| Russia | Dec 11, 2012 (limited) | — | 18+ |
| Brazil | — | May 15, 2013 | 14 |
Digital = first release online to rent, buy or stream. Dates as reported to TMDB.
Ring Trailer
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