Kōji Suzuki

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Kōji Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 光 司 Suzuki Kōji ; born May 13, 1957 in Hamamatsu ) is a Japanese writer who is best known in the West for his The Ring trilogy, which has been filmed several times .

He graduated from Keio University and currently lives in Tokyo with his wife and two children . For his debut novel Rakuen (Paradise) he was awarded the Fantasy Novel Grand Prize in 1990.

ring

The Ring series consists of the following novels:

• The Ring ( Ringu )
• Spiral - The Ring II ( lawn )
• Loop - The Ring III ( Loop )

The first two parts of the ring trilogy were filmed in Japan ( Ringu , Rasen ), including a prequel , Ring 0: Birthday , based on the short story Lemonheart , which later appeared in the ring 0: birthday ( Bāsudei ). From Ringu there is also the Hollywood adaptation of The Ring and a Korean / Chinese film titled Ring Virus .

The central element of the Ring cycle is a mysterious video that kills its viewer after exactly seven days. Each of the three novels develops in its own direction, but not without maintaining a certain consistency. The ring trilogy can be attributed to the genre of psychological horror , which was revived by Suzuki Koji.

Works (selection)

• Rakuen
• The Ring ( Ringu ). From the American English by Liessen / Marburger. Heyne 2003. ISBN 978-3453565005
• Spiral - The Ring II ( lawn ). From the Japanese by Heindorf / Tomonaga. Heyne 2003. ISBN 978-3-453873865
• Loop - The Ring III ( Loop ). Translated from the English by Kristiana Ruhl. Heyne 2004. ISBN 3-453-87805-1
• the ring 0: birthday . Translated from the Japanese by Alexandra Klepper. Heyne 2006. ISBN 978-3-453-43132-4
• Dark water . From the American English by Katrin Marburger. Heyne 2004. ISBN 978-3453565005
• The ditch . From the American English by Katrin Marburger. Heyne 2014. ISBN 978-3-453-43744-9
• S (2013, 5th book in the Ring series)
• Tide (2014, Book 6 in the Ring Series)

Web links

• Literature by and about Kōji Suzuki in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with Kôji Suzuki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.booksfromjapan.jp