A joint project between Japan and Korea, this version has Park Eun-Suh as the creator of the cursed videotape.

At the time of the film's production, South Korea had placed a ban on Japanese cultural imports, which would have prevented Ring from being released in the country.

[2] Followed by the death of her niece along with her friends, journalist Hong Sun-Joo comes across a videotape containing incomprehensible images.

Towards the end of the tape, she finds the curse which states that the viewer would die at the same time next week if they do not perform certain tasks.

The way of infiltration is one-way only and any attempt to block the process ends in extremely negative consequences.