Sadako (film)
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| 貞子 | |
| Directed by | Hideo Nakata |
| Screenplay by | Noriaki Sugihara |
| Based on | Tide by Koji Suzuki |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $5.6 million |
Sadako (Japanese: 貞子), also known as Sadako KOL (Japanese: 貞子：咒殺 KOL), is a 2019 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. Loosely based on the novel Tide by Koji Suzuki, the film is an installment in the Ring franchise, and a sequel to Nakata's 1999 film Ring 2. The film centers around a vengeful ghost named Sadako Yamamura who is associated with a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape is killed seven days later.
Sadako premiered in Japan on 24 May 2019, and it played on the opening night of the Fantasia International Film Festival. A tie-in manga series, Sadako-san and Sadako-chan, was published in February before the film's release.