Originally posted by: Stratum9
To those who saw the original Japanese version, Ringu, was the American version dumbed-down to gain the PG-13 rating? I never saw the original but something tells me that this is what happened.
the us version and the japanese version are practically identical. the US version is CREEPIER. the video is MUCH weirder, and in the US version, their faces and skin change on the 7th day... in the japanese version they just looked freaked out to death.
the japanese version is available for rent. we got ours through netflix. it's distributed by dreamworks. there is also a ring 2 and 3 in japan.