Rasen (TV series)

1999 Japanese TV series or program

Rasen

Genre| Drama
Mystery
Horror
Screenplay by| Yoshihiro Kitayama
Directed by| Yoshihiro Kitayama
Starring| Goro Kishitani
Takami Yoshimoto
Takashi Naitou
Risa Junna
Seiichi Tanabe
Akiko Yada
Yuka Nomura
Risa Sudo
Takeshi Masu
Tae Kimura
Mayuko Azusa
Toshihide Tonesaku
Music by| Dennis Martin
Country of origin| Japan
Original language| Japanese
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13
Production
Producers| Kenji Shimizu
Sousuke Osabe
Running time| 45 minutes
Original release
Network| Fuji TV
Release| July 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.

## External links

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* Rasen at IMDb
* Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2001)

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The Ring by Koji Suzuki

Japanese media|

| Books|

* Ring (1991)
* Spiral (1995)
* Loop (1998)
* Birthday (1999)
* S (2012)
* Tide (2013)

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Manga|

* The Ring Volume 0: Birthday (2000)
* Sadako-san and Sadako-chan (2019)
* Sadako at the End of the World (2020)

Films|

* Ring (1995)
* Ring (1998)
* Spiral (1998)
* Ring 2 (1999)
* Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
* Sadako 3D (2012)
* Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
* Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
* Sadako (2019)
* Sadako DX (2022)

TV series|

* Ring: The Final Chapter (1999)
* Rasen (1999)

Video games|

* The Ring: Terror's Realm (2000)
* Ring: Infinity (2000)

American media|

| Films|

* The Ring (2002)
* The Ring Two (2005)
* Rings (2017)

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Short|

* Rings (2005)

Korean film|

* The Ring Virus (1999)

Characters|

* Sadako Yamamura
* Kayako Saeki
* Rachel Keller

Miscellaneous|

* Scary Movie 3 (2003)
* Erma
* Ju-On franchise
* Kimi ni Todoke
* "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"

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