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    Rasen (TV series)

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    Rasen
    GenreDrama
    Mystery
    Horror
    Screenplay byYoshihiro Kitayama
    Directed byYoshihiro Kitayama
    StarringGoro Kishitani
    Takami Yoshimoto
    Takashi Naitou
    Risa Junna
    Seiichi Tanabe
    Akiko Yada
    Yuka Nomura
    Risa Sudo
    Takeshi Masu
    Tae Kimura
    Mayuko Azusa
    Toshihide Tonesaku
    Music byDennis Martin
    Country of originJapan
    Original languageJapanese
    No. of seasons1
    No. of episodes13
    Production
    ProducersKenji Shimizu
    Sousuke Osabe
    Running time45 minutes
    Original release
    NetworkFuji TV
    ReleaseJuly 1 (1999-07-01) –
    September 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)

    Spiral (らせん, Rasen) is the sequel to the TV drama Ring: The Final Chapter, based on the novel Spiral by Koji Suzuki.[1] Much like Ring: The Final Chapter, it does not adapt much of the original source material.[2] There are a total of 13 episodes in the series.[3]

    Cast

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    • Goro Kishitani as Mitsuo Ando
    • Takami Yoshimoto as Natsumi Aihara
    • Seiichi Tanabe as Kyōsuke Oda (Kenichi Azuma)
    • Risa Junna as Miwako Ando
    • Masaya Kudō as Takanori Ando
    • Akiko Yada as Mai Takano (Sadako Yamamura)
    • Tae Kimura as Sadako Yamamura
    • Yuka Nomura as Kumiko Nishijima
    • Risa Sudo as Misaki Nishijima
    • Toshihide Tonesaku as Daisuke Asano
    • Takeshi Masu as Toru Kawai
    • Hiroshi Okouchi as Tsutomu Kasahara
    • Mai Oikawa as Noriko Takamura
    • Kensuke Toita as Takeo Sugisaki
    • Masahiro Komoto as Keisuke Miyajima
    • Tai Kageyama as Seiji Imanishi
    • Aya Enjōji as Imanishi's wife
    • Emiri Yada as Miyuki Takei
    • Yuko Oshima as Aya/Satomi
    • Mayuko Azusa as Oda's assistant
    • Takashi Naito as Hiroshi Rikuta
    • Shion Machida
    • Hirohiko Kakegawa
    • Tōru Nakane
    • Chieko Namba
    • Hiroto Yoshimitsu
    • Yu Numazaki

    List of episodes

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    1. "Sadako's Revenge: A Horror Greater Than The Ring" - July 1, 1999
    2. "The Dead Watch the Well" - July 8, 1999
    3. "I Come to Kill Myself..." - July 15, 1999
    4. "A Dead Person is Resurrected to a Legendary Village" - July 22, 1999
    5. "The Devil Was in This Room" - July 29, 1999
    6. "Nobody Can Stop Me Any Longer" - August 5, 1999
    7. "The Man Who Made Sadako" - August 12, 1999
    8. "The Child Who Died Twice..." - August 19, 1999
    9. "The Ring of Hatred is Complete" - August 26, 1999
    10. "The Prisoner is Murdered by a Prison Guard" - September 2, 1999
    11. "The Fortuneteller is Murdered" - September 9, 1999
    12. "The World Will Fall to Ruins Tomorrow" - September 16, 1999
    13. "The Immortal" - September 23, 1999

    References

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    1. ^ Meikle 2005, p. 139.
    2. ^ "Rasen (TV) | curseofthering.com". www.curseofthering.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17.
    3. ^ Kalat 2007, p. 40.

    Works cited

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    • Kalat, David (2007). J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. Vertical Inc. ISBN 978-1-932234-08-4.
    • Meikle, Denis (2005). The Ring Companion. Titan Books. ISBN 978-1845760014.
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