Rasen

Rasen (???, lit. Spiral) is a sequel to the movie Ring. It is directed by J?ji Iida and is based on the novel Spiral by K?ji Suzuki. Ring and its sequel Rasen were released in Japan at the same time. The studio hoped this would increase revenues, because the Ring story was already a successful novel and television film. The two films shared a few cast members and had the same production team, but different directors and screenwriters; Rasen was written and directed by J?ji Iida whereas Ring was written by Hiroshi Takahashi and directed by Hideo Nakata. After their release, Ring became an enormous success while Rasen floundered, quickly becoming the "forgotten sequel". Takahashi and Nakata were later recruited to produce another sequel, Ring 2, which replaced Rasen as the sequel to Ring, not based on Suzuki's works, and thus ultimately ignores the story of Rasen. Sadako 3D, based on K?ji Suzuki's 2012 follow-up novel S, and Sadako 3D 2 are sequels to Rasen.