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Koji Suzuki, Author of Bestseller Ring Who Sparked Horror Novel Boom in Japan, Dies at 68

The movie adaptation of Ring became the catalyst for the rise of the “J-Horror” film genre. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The artistic and literary world is in mourning after the death of Koji Suzuki, recognized by horror works such as El Aro and Dark Water. According to the reports, the famous writer died on May 8 at 68 in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. So far the causes of his death have not been made known. After the news spread, followers and admirers of the author have expressed messages of sadness and farewell through social networks. Source: Millenium.

Today, almost no one is still interested in the film series of The Ring, and even in Japan nothing new has been published in four years. In the early 2000s, however, it was the hottest horror franchise in the world of cinema, and it was a great international breakthrough for Japanese terror. The film series was based on a series of less well-known books written by Koji Suzuki, and there are six books published (one of which is a collection of sh…

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