Ring 2

Ring 2
Japanese name
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Ringu 2
Directed by	Hideo Nakata
Screenplay by	Hiroshi Takahashi[1]
Story by	Koji Suzuki[1]
Produced by	Takashige Ichise Shin Ishihara[1]
Starring	Miki Nakatani Rikiya Otaka Fumiyo Kohinata Hitomi Satō Yoichi Numata Nanako Matsushima
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto[1]
Edited by	Nobuyuki Takahashi[1]
Music by	Kenji Kawai[1]
Production company	Asmik Ace Entertainment[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	January 23, 1999 (1999-01-23) (Japan)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$31.3 million (Japan)

Ring 2 (リング2, Ringu 2) is a 1999 Japanese supernatural horror film, directed by Hideo Nakata and serves as a sequel to Ring.

Ring was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, Rasen (a.k.a. Spiral), was also adapted into a film as the sequel to Ring. Due to the poor response to Rasen, Ring 2 was made as a new sequel to Ring. However it was not based on Suzuki's works, thus it ultimately ignores the story of Rasen.

Ring 2 takes place a couple of weeks after the first film, directly continuing the story and features most of the cast from Ring reprising their roles.