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Actors: Yukie Nakama, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Seiichi Tanabe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ring 0 - Birthday |
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The cursed videotape from Ringu and Ringu 2 was not, as it turned out, the first incarnation of the fatal power possessed by Sadako. The death toll reaches as far back as the 1950s, back to when Sadako was a teenage girl and outcast by all who met her.
'She's weird,' they say. 'She's a freak.' When a fellow actress dies in disturbing circumstances (and her face frozen in terror), the drama troupe turns against its newest apprentice - Yamamura Sadako. Only the young man on the sound stage, Toyama, seems to care about this girl.
Slowly a gentle friendship and eventual love blossoms between the two, with Sadako discovering powers of healing as a result of this new trust that are quite different from her normal death-riddled existence. But there is a secret to Sadako...and unbeknowst to her, the fiancee of a reporter who was struck down years ago during an exhibition of the powers of Sadako's mother is determined to take her revenge.
--Meilinrose, Resident Scholar
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RING 0 : BIRTHDAY is a movie directed by Norio Tsuruta in 1999.
This prequel of RING and RING 2, shot after these two films, describes events that happened some 30 years before the appearance of the killer videotape. In this film, Sadako is the main character. She's a young girl with paranormal powers who has joined a theatrical company. Soon a young actress playing the main character of the play dies during a rehearsal and Sadako replaces her.
Meanwhile, a journalist who's investigating the mysterious death of Sadako's mother, tries to find Sadako. She blames her for the death of her fiancé and wants to avenge him. When she finally meets the young girl, she's not so sure anymore that Sadako is responsible for the deaths that surround her. She has noticed on a number of photos that there was always a little girl present when the murders happen. And, the strangest of all, is that nobody has ever remarked her. The journalist is now persuaded that there is a ghost following Sadako.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ring 0 - Birthday |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- ghosts!
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- a teen
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- telekinesis
- can see into the future
- healing
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) long, straight
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a kid
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
- journalist
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can see into the future
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- skinny (female)
- average (female)
Ethnicity
- Japanese
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
- physically sick
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mental hospital
Small Island?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
- fearful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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