A prequel to RING and RING 2 (both 1998), this film chronicles the events leading up to Sadako's living entombment in the notorious well. Sadako Yamamura (Yukie Nakama), a withdrawn and deeply troubled young woman, joins a Tokyo theater troupe, telling her psychiatrist that it calms her. The troupe is headed by the imperious Shigemori Isamu (Takeshi Wakamatsu), whose new production an uncredited adaptation of EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1959) called "The Mask" stars the temperamental Aiko (Kaoru Okunuki). Sadako is widely disliked by other members of the troupe, particularly after several of them including Aiko realize that the disturbing dreams...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins