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Koji Suzuki

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Koji Suzuki

b. 1957

Japanese writer (born 1957)

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Biography

Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga, TV series, and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling, motorcycling, as well as sailing.

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Timeline

The story of Koji Suzuki, told in moments.

1991 Event

Published Ring. A cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. Combined Japanese ghost story traditions with modern technology. Won the Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Grand Prize.

Where did the idea of a cursed videotape come from? Did combining Japanese ghosts with modern technology feel new? Was the Yokomizo Prize the first validation that mattered?
1998 Event

The film adaptation of Ring, directed by Hideo Nakata, became the highest-grossing horror film in Japanese history. It launched the J-horror wave that swept Hollywood. The American remake followed in 2002.

How did it feel watching Ring become the highest-grossing Japanese horror film? Did the J-horror wave surprise you? Was the American remake an honor or a distortion?
2012 Life

Published S, the final volume of his Ring cycle. Four novels, multiple films, a TV series, manga adaptations. Sadako crawling out of the television became one of the defining horror images of the late 20th century.

Is Sadako crawling out of the television your gift to nightmares? Did the Ring cycle tell the whole story you wanted? What makes Japanese horror different from Western horror?

Artifacts (15)

Loop

The Inspiration for the New Major Motion Picture RINGS Learn the final truth about the Ring! In this much-awaited conclusion of the Ring trilogy, everything you thought you knew about the story will...

2005
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Ring

Stunning, cutting-edge thriller with a chilling supernatural twist from Japan's stylish new literary star.Asakawa is a hardworking journalist who has climbed his way up from local-news beat reporter...

2006
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Birthday

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...

2007
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Promenade of the Gods

It begins with a woman's search to find her husband, who disappears after watching a TV show. She enlists the aid of her husband's best friend, and together they discover that the famous female...

2008
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Spiral

Stunning Japanese thriller with a chilling supernatural twist – the follow-up to Ring.

2009
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Dark Water

A selection of deliciously spooky short stories from the Japanese master of suspense, the acclaimed author of RING. The film DARK WATER is based on the first story in the collection.

2009
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EDGE

Edge begins with a massive and catastrophic shifting of the San Andreas fault. The fears of California someday tumbling into the sea—that have become the stuff of parody—become real. But even the...

2012
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Death and The Flower

Death and the Flower is a collection of six short stories centered on the themes of family and peril. The title is derived from a Keith Jarrett album of the same name.

2014
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The Complete Ring Trilogy: Ring, Spiral, Loop

Together for the first time, in ebook form, the stunning, cutting-edge thrillers with a chilling supernatural twist from the Japanese master of suspense. THE RING is the famous novel that spawned the...

2015
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S: Es

Twenty-one years after the legendary bestseller Ring, which spawned blockbuster films on both sides of the Pacific, and thirteen years after Birthday, the seeming last word on iconic villain Sadako...

2017
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The Shining Sea

IS HOPE ITSELF THE ONLY ANSWER? The renowned author of the Ring novels unravels a story of lovers wrestling with the darkness within themselves—be it selfishness, lust, or despair—in a deeply...

2022
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Ring 0

2005
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Dark water

2006
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Loop

2007
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LOOP.

2017
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