The Ring Virus (1999)
June 12, 1999Release Date
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The Ring Virus (Korean: 링; RR: Ring) is a 1999 South Korean horror film adapted from the Japanese novel Ring by Koji Suzuki. A joint project between Japan and Korea, this version has Park Eun-Suh as the creator of the cursed videotape. Although the filmmakers claimed that the film was adapted from the novel only, it differs from the novel in some ways that match the 1998 film Ring (also known as Ringu in the US), such as having a female lead character, and several scenes were directly copied, including some of the scenes on the videotape and the film's climax.
This remake only exists because South Korea had a ban on Japanese cultural imports, preventing Ring from being released over there. A remake for the South Korean market had to be commissioned instead. The ban was eventually lifted in late 1998, but production for the film had already been completed.