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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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