| The Ring Virus | |
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 Poster to The Ring Virus |
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| Directed by | Kim Dong-bin |
| Produced by | Mauricio Dortona |
| Written by | Kim Dong-bin Kôji Suzuki (novel Ringu) |
| Starring | Shin Eun-Kyung Lee Seung-hyeon Jeong Jin-yeong |
| Music by | Il Won |
| Cinematography | Mauricio Dortona Hwang Chul-hyun |
| Editing by | Mauricio Dortona |
| Release date(s) | June 12, 1999 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
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The Ring Virus (aka 링(링 바이러스), 'Virus' Ring) is a South Korean horror adapted from a novel by Koji Suzuki. Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司 Suzuki Kōji born May 13 1957) is a Japanese Writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently Jeong Jin-yeong (also credited as Jung Jin-Yeong) (born 16 October 1964) is a South Korean actor best-known for his role in the hugely successful Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers is a Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki, first published in 1991 and set in modern day Japan Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司 Suzuki Kōji born May 13 1957) is a Japanese Writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently A joint project between Japan and Korea, this version has Park Eun-Suh as the creator of the cursed videotape. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Eun-Suh Park ( Park Eun-Suh, in Korean is a fictional character in the 1999 film The Ring Virus. The Cursed Videotape is a fictional item in the Ring cycle series of books and films Although the film-makers claimed that the film was adapted from the novel, there are various scenes in the film that match the 1998 film Ringu, such as the gender of the lead character, some of the scenes on the videotape as well as copying other film scenes directly from the original film, including the film's climax. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Differences between film and book
As opposed to the Japanese adaptation Ringu, this movie follows more closely Koji Suzuki's storyline, while keeping some elements first introduced with Ringu. is a Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki, first published in 1991 and set in modern day Japan
- The main character from the novel is a man called Kazuyuki Asakawa, while in the film, the main character is a woman called Sun-Joo Hong.
- The villain from the novel is named Sadako Yamamura, while in the movie, she is called Park Eun-Suh. Character Sadako's character is not directly portrayed in Ring, but is expanded briefly in Rasen and to a much greater extent in Ring 0 Birthday, Eun-Suh Park ( Park Eun-Suh, in Korean is a fictional character in the 1999 film The Ring Virus.
- Ryuji in the novel is a philosophy professor that also achieved medical studies, whereas in the movie, Choi is a doctor who made a mystical pronouncement at the scene of one the deaths about supernatural forces having been at work. The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events
- Even though the film kills its supporting character the same way Ringu did, the movie shares the book views on a pseudo-science-fictitious medical-mystery approach with its title and Choi's scientific research on viruses and the conclusions that he does before his death.
Similarities between film and book
There are similarities between this movie and the novel that contrast with Hideo Nakata's adaptation.
- The cursed tape in the movie is very similar to the one in the book, although the book-version is much longer and more complicated. Both videotapes feature a message at the beginning along the lines of "Watch until the end, you will be eaten by the lost. . . " and ending with "Those that have viewed this tape are fated to die at this exact time seven days from now. In order to survive, you must. . . ", the rest of the end message is taped over, and it isn't until the end that Eun-Kyung Shin realizes that the rest of the message is about copying the tape and showing it to someone else.
- Choi also analyzes the tape sequences the same way Ryuji does in the book. He categorizes the parts into two categories: real scenes and abstract scenes. The realistic scenes are easy to spot, since they have dark blurry edges, and instants of darkness. Choi quickly concludes that those instants of darkness are eye blinks. The average man blinks 20 times per minute, whereas the average woman blinks 15 times per minute. Considering this fact, this video was created by a woman, scenes filmed through her own eyes and images in her mind.
- Sadako / Eun-Suh is hermaphrodite in both the movie and the book. A hermaphrodite is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs She has Testicular Feminization Syndrome, meaning she is anatomically female, except she has a pair of testes beneath her vagina (she evidently does not have a penis). Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS also referred to as androgen resistance syndrome, is a set of disorders of Sexual differentiation caused by Mutations The testicle (from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, meaning "witness" virility plural testes) is the male The vagina (from Latin, literally " Sheath " or " Scabbard " is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the Uterus The penis (plural penises, penes The movie starts with Eun-Kyung Shin interviewing a gallery owner that explains the theme of her exposition: the beauty of women and the strength of men combine in one individual, a hint for those who have read the book.
- The movie is faithful to the storyline of the book, including the search for Sadako / Eun-Suh's clinical records, her origin story and her rape before being murdered. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person
External links
- The Ring Virus at the Internet Movie Database
- The Ring Virus at Allmovie
- The Ring AREA - Contains clips of the cursed videos of the Ring cycle and their scene-by-scene analyses, as well as lots of other useful information. Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a commercial database of information about Movie stars movies and television shows.
- Snowblood Apple Ring Comparison Comparison of Ringu, The Ring, and The Ring Virus movies.
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