![]() ![]() Okazaki promises, only be seen depositing the tape in his desk draw, clearly with no immediate intention of viewing it.Īs for Sadako, she manifests herself in very different ways in each version of her story. Kanae wants Okazaki to promise her that he will watch the video for fear for her life. Upon delivering the copy to Okazaki, Kanae tells him that she has now viewed its content and is visibly shaken. ![]() Okazaki asks Kanae if she can get him a copy of the tape, which she agrees to do. Okazaki’s own quest connects him with a young girl, “Kanae Sawaguchi” (Kyoko Fukuda), who knows others who have seen the tape. Played by Miki Nakatani, “Mai Takano” is the one searching for answers about Ryūji’s death, which leads her to a reporter, “Okazaki” (Yûrei Yanagi), who is looking for someone who has seen the now legendary tape. In fact, whereas Mai Takano vanishes early in the story told in Spiral, she is the main character in the movie sequel. While some characters are retained from the book series, others, most importantly Ando, are nowhere to be seen. When Nakata released Ringu 2 in 1999, he took the story of Sadako’s legacy in a completely different direction. In particular, he wanted to comprehend his friend’s sudden heart attack, the evidence of smallpox found during his autopsy, and the coded message uncovered in a suture, which had been deciphered as “mutation.” Because of Mai’s disappearance, Ando is compelled into the world created by Sadako and the curse recorded on the infamous videotape. Ando, aside from feeling drawn to Mai, wanted her help with understanding how Ryūji died. Ando’s investigation soon leads him to Mai Takano, Ryūji’s student and paramour, who inexplicably disappears when she and Ando were to meet for dinner. In 1995 Suzuki renewed Sadako Yamamura’s curse in Spiral, which is about Ando Mitsuo, a coroner, and his effort at solving the mystery behind his old college friend’s death, Ryūji Takayama, a logician of great repute. However, what happens when, in the case of a sequel, the book and the movie bare very little resemblance to one another? For Ringu, which Koji Suzuki published in 1991 and Hideo Nakata turned into a 1998 movie, the respective sequels are even more divergent than their originals. Each format is a unique experience unto itself-as different as admiring a still life painting of breads and fruits in a gallery is from indulging in a hearty meal of apples, pears, and a freshly baked loaf. Then, there are those who think that one should not even engage in such matters in the first place, pointing out the fundamental differences and, hence, the incomparable attributes of book and film. Be it the Harry Potter series, Stephen King’s The Shining, or classics like Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby, and Dracula, opinions abound as to which produced the superior story. One of the perennial questions of cinema is which is better the movie or the book? Depending on the author, director, and story, the debate over which form is most satisfying-text or moving image-is the stuff of late night conversations and elaborate essays. ![]()
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