Ringu (film screening)

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October 17 @ 6:30 pm - 8:10 pm EDT

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Ringu
リング
The Ring

Thursday, October 17, 6:30PM (ET)

Doors open 6:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall | Free Admission

Directed by NAKATA Hideo 1998  Horror / Thriller • 96 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles  Trailer

Content Warning: This film contains intense and frightening scenes, along with depictions of violence and gore. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

The film that launched the craze for J-Horror in the West, director NAKATA Hideo’s (Dark Water, L: Change the World) international sensation melded traditional Japanese folklore with contemporary anxieties about the spread of technology for a chilling experience unlike anything that had come before.

A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesquely contorted, their faces twisted in terror. Reiko, a journalist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the shocking phenomenon, and in the process uncovers a creepy urban legend about a supposedly cursed videotape, the contents of which cause anyone who views it to die within a week—unless they can persuade someone else to watch it, and, in so doing, pass on the curse.
—Criterion Channel

Starring MATSUSHIMA Nanako and SANADA Hiroyuki, who recently won two Emmy Awards for his work on the record-breaking Shōgun series.

This is screening a part of our CURSED BODIES Halloween film series.

Free admission. Register below.



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Details

Starts:
October 17 @ 6:30 pm
Ends:
October 17 @ 8:10 pm
Event Category:
Doors Open:
6:00PM
Registration:
Required
Language:
Japanese with English subtitles
Admission:
Free

Organizer

The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Phone:
416-966-1600
Email:
info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
Website:
View Organizer Website

Venue

The Japan Foundation, Toronto
2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M4W 1A8 Canada
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Phone:
416-966-1600
Website:
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Registration