Kōji Suzuki

Writing

Kōji Suzuki

Born May 13, 1957 · Hamamatsu

Died May 8, 2026 · aged 68

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kōji Suzuki (born May 13, 1957) was a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lived in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring cycle of novels, which has been adapted into a manga series. He wrote several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies included traveling and motorcycling (hobbies found on the back of The Ring, 2002, Kōji Suzuki). He …

Known For

The RingThe Ring · 2002
The Ring
6.72002
MovieHorrorMystery
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.
RingRing · 1998
Ring
7.11998
MovieHorrorThriller
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
The Ring TwoThe Ring Two · 2005
The Ring Two
5.82005
MovieDramaHorror
After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Aiden, she must dig into Samara's past even further.
RingsRings · 2017
Rings
5.02017
MovieHorror
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.
Dark WaterDark Water · 2005
Dark Water
5.72005
MovieHorrorMystery
Dahlia and her five-year-old daughter are ready to begin a new life together. But their new apartment — dilapidated and worn — suddenly seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water and other strange happenings send Dahlia on a haunting and mystifying pursuit — one that unleashes a torrent of living nightmares.
Dark WaterDark Water · 2002
Dark Water
6.82002
MovieHorrorMystery
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Open Water 2: AdriftOpen Water 2: Adrift · 2006
Open Water 2: Adrift
5.52006
MovieDramaHorror
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends when they get stuck in the water many miles from shore and a happy reunion turns into a fight for survival.
The SpiralThe Spiral · 1998
The Spiral
5.41998
MovieFantasyHorror
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

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@Babymail@Babymail · 2005
@Babymail
2005
MovieHorror
A high school teacher, Masato Saito, is told by his best friend, police officer Shinya Saito, about a strange murder case. The incident was that a woman broke through her belly and had an umbilical cord popping out of her belly, and at the same time three men were said to have blew bubbles from their mouths and died. One day, Shinya's wife, Junko, receives something called Baby Mail. The baby mail says, "I have a grudge against someone who is trying to have a child. I will raise my child." When she opens the attached file "@", the baby cried and the LCD of her cell phone cracked, which was creepy. A month later, she was found in a condition similar to the bizarre incident. However, she was diagnosed as four months pregnant when her body was found, even though she had her period a month ago.

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OTHELLOOTHELLO · 2022
OTHELLO
4.02022
SeriesMystery
A small theatre troupe, "ENGINE," has its rehearsal hall in a dirty building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka. The young members of the troupe, including their lead actress Yamaguchi Mai, are working hard on their rehearsals, even skipping their sleep as the Tokyo performance is just around the corner. The piece they are working on this time is "DICE," the troupe's most famous work. It is a deeply memorable work for the troupe, which was first performed 10 years ago and will make its first performance in Tokyo soon. Therefore, the leader of the troupe, Mr Shigemori, is more enthusiastic than usual, but he is not satisfied with the performance of the troupe members and is becoming increasingly dissatisfied. Then... Mai discovers a VHS videotape labelled "DICE" in the company's archives. It contained rehearsal footage of the first performance 10 years ago... As soon as Mai and her friends see the videotape, strange and inexplicable phenomena begin to occur around them...

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