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| Cursed Videotape | |
| Used by |
Sadako Yamamura |
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Ability |
To transfer Ring virus to the viewer |
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Known Victims |
Reiko Asakawa |
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Created by |
Sadako Yamamura |
The Cursed Videotape is a video created by Sadako Yamamura as a means of transmitting her curse to the rest of the world. In the original novels and Rasen, the tape is used to spread Sadako's virus strand whilst the other films turned the curse into a supernatural one. The viewers have seven days to copy the tape and show it to someone else, otherwise Sadako will kill them.
Description
The tape was used to kill the people. When the viewer watched the tape, the viewer will receive a phone call that tells the viewer that he or she has only 7 days to live. The cure for the curse is to copy the tape and show it to someone else. If the viewer didn't do this, he or she will be killed by Sadako Yamamura.
Contents
Koji Suzuki's Ring
Ring (1998 film)
The video shows a panorama of disturbing images relating to Sadako's past, but also possibly relating to the viewer. The video is not completely in black-and-white, but most images are, feature black and white as the predominant colours. The first scene is a shot of Heihachiro Ikuma looking down at Sadako from the top of the well she was thrown into. There is then a shot of Shizuko Yamamura combing her hair in a mirror and Sadako walking in on her; Shizuko's mirror briefly disappears and one showing Sadako appears, then Shizuko reappears looking towards Sadako. Then, a newspaper article about Shizuko predicting the eruption of Mount Mihara appears, but the kanji float about and only the word 'eruption' is stable. There is then a shot of people crawling on the floor and apparently dying. The next shot is odd, somewhat paradoxical and may have been intended more for Reiko Asakawa than other viewers of the tape.
It appears to be a shot of a man standing in the sea, but there is a towel covering his face and he is pointing at something. This image is odd because Ryuji takes this form after his death, which occurs after Reiko watches the tape, although the image is already on the tape. Next there is a close-up of Sadako's eye, with the kanji for sada (part of her name, meaning chaste) reflected in it. Last, there is a shot of the well which Sadako was thrown into. This part of the video seems to extend itself as the number days passed until it reach the 7th day.
Ring: The Final Chapter
In this tv series, the tape was different from the novel and in the film. The tape features singer Mao Natsuzuki singing a song which contains hidden messages. It can be discovered by some video editor or sound editor. Instead of 7 days, you will be given 13 days to copy the tape and show it to two people instead of one.
Sadako
In Sadako, the tape wasn't mentioned but there was another video created by Sadako. People called it "Suicidal Video". It includes a man who was choked by Sadako and then the video cuts to black and Sadako comes out from the computer screens. It is unknown where the videotape can be found in the present time.
Victims
Ring (1995 film)
- Tomoko Oishi
- Kazuyuki Asakawa
- Ryuji Takayama
- Shizuka Asakawa
Ring (1998 film)
- Tomoko Oishi
- Reiko Asakawa
- Yoichi Asakawa
- Koichi Asakawa
Ring 2
- Mai Takano
- Kanai Sawaguchi
- Okazaki
Sadako
- Takanori Ando
- Akane Ayukawa