2000·Horror·1h 39m
7.0
★
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Directed by Norio Tsuruta
dying and death
journalist
based on novel or book
theatre group
prequel
killer
based on short story
wizard
parapsychology
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Cast
Yukie Nakama
Sadako Yamamura
Seiichi Tanabe
Hiroshi Tôyama
Kumiko Aso
Etsuko Tachihara
Yoshiko Tanaka
Akiko Miyaji
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Yûsaku Shigemori
Ryushi Mizukami
Wataru Kuno
Kaoru Okunuki
Aiko Hazuki
Yasushi Kimura
Togashi
Mami Hashimoto
Joshikôsei
Daisuke Ban
Heihachirô Ikuma
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Gekidan Kenkyûsei
Atsuko Takahata
Kaoru Arima
Crew
Norio Tsuruta
Director
Hiroshi Takahashi
Screenplay
Shinji Ogawa
Producer
Takashige Ichise
Producer
Kōji Suzuki
Original Story
Kōji Suzuki
Novel
Kōji Suzuki
Short Story
Popular Reviews
53 reviews
Ghoulie
5.0★ · 05/10/26
Surprisingly watchable prequel gives depth where no one was asking for it and amazingly doesn't suffer for it. The whole thing does feel very of its moment with the visuals and the schoolgirl shit, but the acting is quite good and I dug the whole CARRIE routine. I should also note that any story about a bullied girl seeking revenge on her classmates I'm predisposed to liking anyway. Not a bad little Y2K J-horror oddity.
Surprisingly watchable prequel gives depth where no one was asking for it and amazingly doesn't suffer for it. The whole thing does feel very of its moment with the visuals and the schoolgirl shit, but the acting is quite good and I dug the whole CARRIE routine. I should also note that any story about a bullied girl seeking revenge on her classmates I'm predisposed to liking anyway. Not a bad little Y2K J-horror oddity.
Zach
6.0★ · 02/15/26
February 15, 2026
February 15, 2026
Isa
6.0★ · 12/08/25
Poor Sadako 💔 She's just want to be a stage actor and have a romance life with Toyama 😔
Poor Sadako 💔 She's just want to be a stage actor and have a romance life with Toyama 😔
Hatoon
1.0★ · 12/06/25
bunch of hags being jealous
bunch of hags being jealous
Kempyzeth
7.0★ · 10/15/25
I thought long about this review and how I want to rate the ring trilogy; ratings are based on memorability, characters, and how suspenseful the movie actually was. i came to the conclusion this is my favorite out of trilogy because even tho the characters in this film was my absolute least favorite in it, the suspense and memorability of this outshines the first and second movie out of the water to me.
the absolute glory of the last 30 minutes was so good, it woke me up from the boring-ness of the middle part and glue'd me to the screen till the credits. the first part of the movie wasn't so bad and the mystery was well-done for what it was. this movie basically cements sadako as one of the most tragic horror antagonists and im all for it.
the absolute glory of the last 30 minutes was so good, it woke me up from the boring-ness of the middle part and glue'd me to the screen till the credits. the first part of the movie wasn't so bad and the mystery was well-done for what it was. this movie basically cements sadako as one of the most tragic horror antagonists and im all for it.
I thought long about this review and how I want to rate the ring trilogy; ratings are based on memorability, characters, and how suspenseful the movie actually was. i came to the conclusion this is my favorite out of trilogy because even tho the characters in this film was my absolute least favorite in it, the suspense and memorability of this outshines the first and second movie out of the water to me.
the absolute glory of the last 30 minutes was so good, it woke me up from the boring-ness of the middle part and glue'd me to the screen till the credits. the first part of the movie wasn't so bad and the mystery was well-done for what it was. this movie basically cements sadako as one of the most tragic horror antagonists and im all for it.
the absolute glory of the last 30 minutes was so good, it woke me up from the boring-ness of the middle part and glue'd me to the screen till the credits. the first part of the movie wasn't so bad and the mystery was well-done for what it was. this movie basically cements sadako as one of the most tragic horror antagonists and im all for it.