Sadako 3D 2

"The girl is born."

2013 1h 36m JA

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4.7

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★4.7TMDB · 63

Horror

Synopsis

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Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko takes up the task of caring for Akane's daughter, the infamous cursed video resurfaces. During her investigation, Fuko learns about the legend of Sadako's daughter...

“The girl is born.”

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Cast

Miori Takimoto
Fuko Ando
Koji Seto
Takanori Ando
Kokoro Hirasawa
Nagi
Itsumi Ohsawa
Ayaka Uemura
Takeshi Onishi
Mitsugu Kakiuchi
Yusuke Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Kashiwada
Ryosei Tayama
Yugo Koiso
Satomi Ishihara
Akane Ayukawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Writers: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 13 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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Directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, shot by Nobushige Fujimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 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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CAST

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Miori Takimoto and Koji Seto and Kokoro Hirasawa carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The girl is born.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2440362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tsutomu Hanabusa directs. Nobushige Fujimoto behind the camera. Kenji Kawai scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2Part of the "Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, shot by Nobushige Fujimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Miori Takimoto and Koji Seto and Kokoro Hirasawa carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The girl is born.".
8IMDB entry: tt2440362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nobushige Fujimoto
Original score: Kenji Kawai
Costume design: Masae Miyamoto
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Box office: $8,385,405
Original language: JA
Certification (US): IIB
IMDB: Sadako 3D 2 (2013)

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.