Basis of the Hit Movie "Ring 0: Birthday"! Birthday is "Ring"-master Koji Suzuki's return to the "Ring "universe, a collection of short stories focusing on the female characters with a theme of birth. An exploration of extraordinary circumstances from the perspective of memorable women, this expansion of the "Ring," "Spiral," and "Loop" world was adapted into a hit movie less than a year after the book's publication. Thirty years before the tragic events of "Ring," Sadako Yamamura was an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut. The beautiful and ravishing Sadako was the object of every male's desire involved with the company including n the director. There was one thespian she was interested in, but... Fast forward past the events of "Ring," Ryuji Takayama's distraught lover, Mai Takano is struggling in the wake of the professor's mysterious demise. Mai visits Ryuji's parents' house to find the missing pages of his soon-to-be published article. There she is drawn to a curious videotape and a fate more terrifying than Ryuji or Kazuyuki Asakawa' s. Reiko Sugiura questioned the purpose of bringing a child into a world where there was only death. She already lost one son, and the father of her unborn child, Kaoru Futami, had disappeared in search of a cure to the deadly disease that threatened all life. Despite Kaoru's to meet again in two months, he has not returned. Despondent but driven for answers Reiko is led to the Loop project, where she will discover the final truths of the Ring virus.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1932234292
ISBN-13
9781932234299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52632736
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birthday
Author
Koji Suzuki
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Horror, Short Stories (Single Author), Thrillers / Suspense
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pl861.U92716b3713
Reviews
"If the "interpretation of dreams are the royal road to the unconscious," as Sigmund Freud once said, Birthday by Koji Suzuki is a highway to the horrors of human evil." - Foreword Magazine, "If the "interpretation of dreams are the royal road to the unconscious," as Sigmund Freud once said,Birthdayby Koji Suzuki is a highway to the horrors of human evil." -Foreword Magazine