Rasen (TV series)
| 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 – September 23, 1999 |
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
- 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
- "Sadako's Revenge: A Horror Greater Than The Ring" - July 1, 1999
- "The Dead Watch the Well" - July 8, 1999
- "I Come to Kill Myself..." - July 15, 1999
- "A Dead Person is Resurrected to a Legendary Village" - July 22, 1999
- "The Devil Was in This Room" - July 29, 1999
- "Nobody Can Stop Me Any Longer" - August 5, 1999
- "The Man Who Made Sadako" - August 12, 1999
- "The Child Who Died Twice..." - August 19, 1999
- "The Ring of Hatred is Complete" - August 26, 1999
- "The Prisoner is Murdered by a Prison Guard" - September 2, 1999
- "The Fortuneteller is Murdered" - September 9, 1999
- "The World Will Fall to Ruins Tomorrow" - September 16, 1999
- "The Immortal" - September 23, 1999
References
- ^ Meikle 2005, p. 139.
- ^ "Rasen (TV) | curseofthering.com". www.curseofthering.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17.
- ^ Kalat 2007, p. 40.
Works cited
External links
- Rasen at IMDb
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2001)