Lord Shen's Wolf Army (Boss Wolf) | The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off. The troupe pursues her, but all of them, including the sympathetic Toyama, are psychically murdered by the second Sadako, who soon merges with the first. Sadako later disappears from the troupe, and goes to southern Hakone to visit her father, who has developed tuberculosis and been hospitalized. Occupation Dr. DuBois' Men | Sadako Yamamura (Yamamura Sadako 山村貞子) is the antagonist of the Ring novels, television drama, and films in Japan. Socktopus | Teachertrons | She is also about to make her acting debut as the lead in the troupe's upcoming performance, "The Girl in Black". The channels were different in Hakone—but of course some child would never know that. While visiting her father, Sadako is raped by a young doctor, Jotaro Nagao, who is infected with the smallpox virus, on the hospital grounds. Layton T. Montgomery | Sadako emerging from Takanori's computer. There are a total of 8 mysteries of the school. After four high school students are killed by Sadako's curse, investigators Asakawa and Ryuji postulate that Sadako mutated the smallpox virus, which she contracted from Nagao, with her own DNA and her psychic powers, planting it in the tape she made through nensha. Additional differences include Sadako's gender, which is fully female. Philip | Splitter | Egyptian Guard | Ms. Grunion | As a result, Shizuko falls into a deep depression, and after returning to Oshima with Sadako, she commits suicide by throwing herself into Mount Mihara. Lord Shen | Mihara, and Sadako went to live at Yamamura Villa, run by her uncle, Takashi. The virus passes on to those who watch the tape in the form of a throat tumor which kills the victim within a week, forcing them to hallucinate their own rotting face shortly before death. Sadako Yamamura was based on the character Okiku from the Japanese folkloric tale, Sadako is based on the life of early-twentieth century psychic Sadako Takahashi, an apparent practitioner of nensha, the art of projecting images onto film by thought alone. Sadako flees the house, her father close behind. Aubrey Davis | How she killed Tomoko's friends who weren't near a television at the time remains unknown. Sadakaya. Eugene Francis | Human Resistance (Dr. Emilia, Greta, Zane) | Jackson Rippner | The film's Sadako is shown to be more powerful than the novel's, as the original Sadako could not kill with her mind alone, but had to fuse her abilities with a virus. Akiko tries to gain evidence that Sadako actually possessed psychic powers and after successfully gaining evidence, she convinces Toyama's ex-girlfriend Etsuko to expose Sadako's past to the public by playing the recording of the infamous ESP demonstration during a theatrical performance. Horde Prime | Dave | Currently nineteen years old, Sadako joins an acting troupe in Tokyo and falls in love with fellow troupe member, Hiroshi Toyama. Emperor Zarkon | Takashi tells Mai of how Shizuko gave birth to Sadako in a cave by the ocean, leaving her there to be carried away by the waves, but bringing her home after she found her still there the next day. Over the course of the Ring series, Sadako displayed a vast array of psychic powers when she was alive. I mean, Sadako 3D and Ju-On Black Ghost/White Ghost are pretty damn lame in comparison to how well each series started. (In ancient Japan, women's hair was kept up until death.) Hōryū - Smashes her own skull whilst being possessed. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Directed by Kôji Shiraishi. Dr. Blowhole | But while the found-footage YouTube video format feels like a missed opportunity, Nakata at least uses this opportunity to showcase the incredible command of creaky horror tension that makes his return to the series so exciting. In late August, a family from Tokyo stayed in cabin B-4, which conveniently had the TV and VCR placed directly above the well. Sadako Yamamura | Wu Sisters | Have you heard? Rasputia Latimore | Miyaji disrupts the performance by playing a sound recording of Shizuko's failed psychic demonstration, causing Sadako to break down into a panic on stage. Benjamin Krupp | S But whatever you do, you must never watch it. Tad Mulholand | Shizuko intended to abandon the baby girl at a nearby cave but Sadako was still there, even when the waves tried to wash her away. Sadako's name is Japanese for "chaste child" (sada: chaste and ko: child). Miyaji arrives soon afterwards and warns them of the second Sadako. Akiko and Etsuko survive the killing spree and hide in the house but Sadako corners them and forces them to shoot themselves. Dietrich Banning | Henchfrogs | Sadako Yamamura is the daughter of famous psychic Shizuko Yamamura. According to an urban legend, a Tokyo schoolboy travelled to the cabins for a vacation with his family. During the botched demonstration, Sadako kills the reporter who first accuses her mother of fraud, a crime which Shizuko is framed for. While rehearsing for their upcoming play, "The Mask," the lead actress Aiko dies onset of mysterious circumstances, her face frozen in a rictus of horror akin to the victims in Ring. Reggaeton Trolls | The first film follows the original's closely although plot elements are altered or added in and Sadako Yamamura is reformed into Samara Morgan. Sadako wakes to find herself with Toyama, but this is soon revealed to be a hallucination. Humpty Alexander Dumpty | She was shown to be quite caring and apologetic, attempting to aid a disabled man by healing his paralyzed legs. Alias Vanessa Cassidy | Queen Barb | Later that year, on October 31, 1947, a baby girl named Sadako was born, and Shizuko handed her over to her grandmother whilst Shizuko moved and stayed with her lover. Sadako was reported to be very fond of her younger brother, who makes an appearance on the novel's version of the cursed videotape. Willard Tweedy | Meanwhile, the evil Sadako clone goes outside and merges with the unconscious good Sadako clone, reviving her. Tzekel-Kan | Talking Toilets | James Hook | The son, who was a devoted fan of a certain comedy show, wanted to watch it. Dead Sadako Yamamura Yes 9 Body Guard 10 Madame Horyu Head Smashed Against Shin'ichi 11 Shin'ichi Morishige Head Smashed Against Horyu 12 Natsumi Ueno Choked On Hair; Heart Attack 13 Mr. Tagaki Neck Snapped/Pulled Off-Screen Dead Toshio Saeki 14 Mrs. Tagaki Dragged Off-Screen Dead Kayako Saeki 15 Yuri Kurahashi Fell Down Well; Possessed Sadakaya Grimmel the Grisly | Don Lino | Professor Poopypants | However, her real father is hinted to be an oceanic demon rather than Ikuma. Sadako in the dimension of the cursed videotape. With Himeka Himejima, Elaiza Ikeda, Ren Kiriyama, Hiroya Shimizu. Vengeful Youkai, TelepathyPsychic abilitiesAbility to kill people by simply wishing to do soAbility to split fragments of her soulAbility to merge with other supernatural entities to become oneTechnopathyDeath staringAbility to contort her limbs and body. Meanwhile, Shizuko grew depressed and ultimately insane as she often spent hours combing her hair in front of the mirror with a grim expression on her face. This attracted the attention of Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma, a university professor from Tokyo who wanted to prove the existence of ESP. Genus | The evil Sadako's form appears to be an inspiration for her American incarnation, Samara Morgan. Henry Wu | Humming Bombers | Doom Syndicate (Psycho Delic) | Sadako Yamamura | This may be an indication of her inability to reproduce in the novels due to Testicular Feminization Syndrome and her obsession with procreating in the later novels. Lola | Asakawa and Ryuji postulate that Sadako mutated the smallpox virus with her own DNA and her psychic powers, planting it in the tape she made through nensha. Rumpelstiltskin | She fell in love with Hiroshi Toyama after he repeatedly protected her from harm and became her confidant, and her eventual lover. Ocean Entity | Ladykiller | Pounder | This is generally the reason why she creates the "Ring Virus", since she will "live on" in it, as long as her DNA (merged with that of the smallpoxvirus) still exists. Gil Mars | Sadako is very powerful, inheriting her psychic powers from her mother, and possibly her unknown father in the films. The Horde (Catra, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia & Double Trouble) | Origin Takeo Saeki | Goon Leader | She creates a haunted video tape that will kill anyone who watches it one week after watching unless they can make someone else watch the tape. Several unnamed journalists - Killed one by one over an unspecified period of time. Detective Koiso's partner - Committed suicide under the influence of Sadako. The Ring Evolution in Movies & TV. "Lemonheart" is part of a compilation of short stories by Koji Suzuki titled Birthday. With Sadako's body in tow, they depart for Ikuma's home. Having enough of this unfair treatment, Sadako used her psychic abilities to stop Miyaji's heart, instantly killing him. Sadako of the Ring 24.4K Reads 1K Votes 11 Part Story. Ring (リング, Ringu) is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on the 1991 novel by Kôji Suzuki.The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada and Rikiya Ōtaka, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days after watching it.. Production took approximately nine months. The character has generated a wide variety of fan art which has portrayed her as particularly childlike or sexualized. Tales of Arcadia Villains | Wallace and Gromit Villains, Saeki Family Boneknapper | The virus takes the lives of Asakawa's niece, Tomoko, and her three friends as well as Ryuji by the end of the novel. Toshio Saeki, Kamawata Family Currently nineteen years old, Sadako joins an acting troupe in Tokyo and falls in love with fellow troupe member, Hiroshi Toyama. In the 2000 film based off of "Lemonheart" by Norio Tsuruta, Ring 0: Birthday(リング0 バースデイ Ringu 0: Bāsudei), Sadako (Yukie Nakama) leaves her native Izu to join an acting troupe in hope that working in theater will help her recover from the memory of her mother's suicide and her social anxiety. In some inc… In spite of the troupe's uneasiness around the quiet Sadako, she is cast as the lead in Aiko's stead. Indominus rex | Goals Ringu Victor Quartermaine | Sadako survived in the well for many years using her power of hate before her death during the same day Reiko in the first. Sadako had psychic powers like her mother but grew up isolated and socially awkward, unable to make any friends. Blue Latimore | Hordak | In addition to killing her, Nagao transferred the smallpox virus to Sadako during the rape. The forensic experts reconstruct the body and face, and later send it to Takashi, who sets it loose in the ocean. They realize that Sadako's father is most likely hiding the alter ego somewhere in his house. The social worker is eventually killed with a knife slitting her throat. Prince Charming | Sadako vs. Kayako as a concept makes sense, in certain ways. The Boov (Officer Kyle) | Her character has been adapted into American and Korean counterparts for their respective localizations of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film, The Ring and The Ring Virus. Afterwards, the good Sadako regains control over herself, and mourns her actions. Fifi | When he raped her, he found out that, while appearing female, she had external testes due to Testicular Feminization Syndrome. Thelonious | Akiko Miyaji - Forced by Sadako to shoot herself. The virus also carries her DNA, allowing her to be reborn after Mai Takano and Mitsuo Ando sleep together. Sadako Yamamura (Yamamura Sadako 山村貞子) is the antagonist of the Ring novels, television drama, and films in Japan. In horror masterpiece internationally know as “the Ring”, the 19-year-old psychic Sadako Yamamura was brutally murder and thrown into a well in order to stop her powers from spiraling out of control. Her most notable power is that of Nensha, an ability which allows her to telekinetically burn images onto surfaces or into a person's mind. Tara Ribble | Turbo Toilet 2000 | Spike & Whitey | Powers/Skills Sadako's cultural appearance is of a woman in a white dress with long black hair covering her face, which has evolved into a trait for other icons of horror films, such as Kayako Saeki of the Ju-On/The Grudge franchise. Decepticons (Soundwave, Sideways, Grindor, Ravage, Alice & Scalpel) | Eris | Francis E. Francis | Meanwhile, the vengeful Akiko tracks Sadako down at the acting school and arms herself with a gun to protect herself from Sadako's presence. Knowing what could happen if her powers grew, at the age of 19, Ikuma sent Sadako to Tokyo, where she joined the Hisho Acting Troupe. Dean Gordon Pritchard | Boris Badenov | A fight ensues between the director and Toyama in which Shigemori is accidentally killed.Toyama hides the body as the rest of the troupe carries on with the opening night. This is the side which takes primary control of her body after her death, exacting her vengeance upon those who watch the Cursed Videotape. She soon develops a relationship with Toyama, much to costumier Etsuko's jealousy, as suspicions continue to grow around the mutual nightmares several of the troupe have experienced and glimpses of a ghostly little girl roaming the theater. Light Hope | Makunga | Nightmares | Harlen Maguire | A few years later, Ikuma held an ESP demonstration in Tokyo with members of the press present. After Shizuko's death, Sadako lives with her mother's cousin, Takashi Yamamura, at the inn that he runs. With the same title, but less creepy :PWell this is the main character in the movie and her name is Sadako … Chef | Later, the ghosts of both Shizuko and Sadako re-enact a scene from the cursed tape, in which a young Sadako played a prank on her increasingly unstable mother. D-Structs | Dr. Bernard Merrick | Other journalists also joined in the slander against Shizuko. At the same time, Shiuzko predicted the eruption of Mt. Mantah Corp, See Also The cursed tape allows her to appear as a ghost and extend her nensha powers to others, leaving Masami Kurahashi with some degree of powers after killing Tomoko. Once within range of her other half, the dead Sadako revives and escapes into the woods aided by Toyama. Her character has been adapted into American and Korean counterparts for their respective localizations of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film, The Ring and The Ring Virus. The Ring Evolution in Movies & TV. Pied Piper | However, the book and movie originally used the English word “Ring” as their title; the American title is a transliteration of the kana used to spell “Ring”: リング. Before the year was over though, Shizuko committed suicide by leaping into the volcano, Mt. However, the true killer simply scuttled away. Dr. Kawajiri - Electrocuted in swimming pool. Nellie Lovett | At age eighteen, after finishing high school, Sadako leaves Oshima for Tokyo, and joins an acting troupe. Destroy humanity.Be reborn (all succeeded). Many years later, Ikuma's house was sold after his mysterious death and it was later converted into a set of rental cabins, which were built directly over the well. The Ring Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. The two forms of Sadako (evil self, background; good self, foreground). 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