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Rasen (Spiral) is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Jōji Iida, the first sequel to the popular film Ringu. Both films have to do with a bizarre videotape which kills its viewer within a week of watching it.
The films were adaptations of the best-selling novels of the same name by Koji Suzuki, who is often referred to as Japan's Stephen King.
In an unusual move Ringu and its sequel Rasen were released in Japan at the same time. The studio hoped this would increase revenues, because the Ringu story was already a successful novel and television series. The two films shared few cast members and had different production teams; Rasen was written and directed by Jōji Iida whereas Ringu was written by Hiroshi Takahashi and directed by Hideo Nakata. After their release, Ringu became an enormous success while Rasen floundered, quickly becoming the "forgotten sequel."
Takahashi and Nakata were later recruited to produce another sequel, Ringu 2, which replaced Rasen as the sequel to Ringu, having taken a different and original storyline from Suzuki's book.
External links
- the ringworld (http://www.theringworld.com/) Fansite covering all aspects of the Ring series
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