Sadako 3D

"Terror goes viral."

2012 1h 36m JA

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5.2

MID

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3.7

IMDB

★5.2TMDB · 104★3.7IMDB · 1,842

Horror

Synopsis

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Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of her female students dies after viewing the footage, she and her boyfriend Takanori are fatefully drawn into the horror that has been created by the man who appears in the suicide footage, Kashiwada. Kashiwada's intention is to create chaos in the world by bringing back Sadako and the power of her curse. Now Akane has to fight against Sadako and Kashiwada to save the lives of herself and Takanori.

“Terror goes viral.”

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Cast

Satomi Ishihara
Akane Ayukawa
Koji Seto
Takanori Ando
Yusuke Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Kashiwada
Ryosei Tayama
Yugo Koiso
Ai Hashimoto
Sadako Yamamura
Tsutomu Takahashi
Masahiko Nakamura
Shota Sometani
Enoki
Hikari Takara
Risa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Writers: Kōji Suzuki, Yoshinobu Fujioka, Tsutomu Hanabusa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Satomi Ishihara and Koji Seto and Yusuke Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Terror goes viral.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1844025 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tsutomu Hanabusa directs. Kenji Kawai scores. Hirohide Abe cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Part of the "Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Satomi Ishihara and Koji Seto and Yusuke Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Terror goes viral.".
8IMDB entry: tt1844025 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Kenji Kawai
Editing: Hirohide Abe
Production design: Yasuaki Harada
Costume design: Masae Miyamoto
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Box office: $20,335,408
Original language: JA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Sadako 3D (2012)
IMDB rating: 3.7/10 · 1,842 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Part of

Ring Collection

A series of supernatural horror films, based on the series of novels of the same name by Koji Suzuki, about a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it seven days later.