Takashi Yamamura Rie Inō as Sadako Yamamura Mebuki Tsuchida as young Sadako Yamamura Kyoko Fukada as Kanae Sawaguchi Yūrei Yanagi as Okazaki Hitomi Satō as Masami Kurahashi Hiroyuki Sanada as Ryuji Takayama Fumiyo Kohinata as Ishi Kawajiri Kenjirō Ishimaru as Detective Keiji Omuta Masako as Shizuko Yamamura Release Ring 2 was released in Japan on January 23, 1999 where it was distributed by Toho. It was released on a double bill with the film Shikoku. In the Philippines, the film was released as Ring 2: Call of Evil on March 5, 2003. The film was released directly to video in the United States on August 23, 2005 by DreamWorks. Box office It was the second highest-grossing Japanese film of 1999 (after Pokémon: The Movie 2000), earning a distribution income (rentals) of upon its theatrical release. Ring 2 grossed a total Japanese box office revenue of (). In South Korea, the film sold 128,521 tickets. In France, the film sold 22,263 tickets, bringing the film's total overseas box office to 150,784 ticket sales. Home media In the United Kingdom, it was watched by 360,000 viewers on television during the first half of 2005, making it the seventh most-watched foreign-language film on UK television during that period. The original Ring also drew 390,000 viewers on UK television during the same period, adding up to a combined 750,000 UK television viewership for both Ring films during the first half of 2005. Reception Variety referred to the film as a "very different beast" than the Ring, with "less atmosphere and more genre shocks". The review stated that the film "notably fails to build on the first movie's wonderfully nasty final scene" and is "progressively more conventional with no special visual style or under-the-skins frissons". As a result of the film's popularity, one of the film's cast members, Kyoko Fukada (role of Kanae Sawaguchi), was offered a recording contract with Pony Canyon (the label that handled the releases of the film's soundtrack and its accompanying single), and her debut single was released by Pony Canyon on May 19, 1999. Ring 2 holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on thirteen reviews. See also List of ghost films References Bibliography External links 1999 films 1990s Japanese-language films 1999 horror films Fiction about photography Films about curses Films about psychic powers Films directed by Hideo Nakata Films scored by Kenji Kawai Japanese ghost films Japanese horror