the film flesh out the back story of the ring trilogy demon or troubled soul and sadako and ( play by yukie nakama ) and follow her attempt to join an acting troupe and at the same time cope with her troubled psyche and the event of her mysterious past that still engulf her . the film itself have a fundamentally creepy atmosphere throughout but a with many prequels never really equal the original story and in this case never really deliver the same level of suspense and ( although it do come close a couple of time ) and and fail to shock in the way the original do with sadako be a silent reagan and ( the exorcist ) and type character star at you hatefully through a horrifically blood shot eye and peer through a nest of slimy and sinister and long black hair . the prequel enrich sadako character with a somewhat move back story and show her coming of age and discover acting and which she also find therapeutic and find true love in the arm of hiroshi tôyama and ( seiichi tanabe ) . this see a lot of the scene shoot inside a theatre and which provide a suitably eerie backdrop for sadako doom quest to lead a normal life and battle the demon of her past that lurk ever closer . with regard to fill in the blank leave open in ring and ring 2 and this film do very little and for we be already aware that sadako be push to the bottom of the well by her step father and and only hint at the source of the true evil lurking inside her and without give a clue of it origin or past . this could and arguably and be a good thing a it still leave a veil of mystery over the first two film . the actor do a reasonably good job throughout and with a special hat off to seiichi tanabe who convey the confused yet blindly in love hero tôyama . nakama bring a certain level of pity to the role of sadako and a girl seemingly run away from the evil that surround and try to do the right thing . in conclusion ring o do add depth to the trilogy and deepen rather then clarify the mystery and in the same way to the recently release starwars prequels and infuse the film near one dimensional monster with a sense of depth and which serve to draw pity from it audience . over all not a bad prequel and which still leave most of the question unanswered and but whether you see that a a good or bad thing be up to you .