Hideo Nakata
Screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi and director Hideo Nakata collaborated to work on the script after reading Suzuki's novel and watching Fuji Television's 1995 made-for-TV film, directed by Chisui Takigawa. (The broadcast version of the 1995 film was re-edited and released on home video under a new title, "Ring: Kanzenban" ( "Ring: The Complete Edition"; Nakata did not state which version of it he and Takahashi watched).