While it does not specifically address the issue of folklore, I do have
an essay on the problem of repetition and postmodernity in recent
Japanese horror cinema, including The Ring. It appeared first in Italian:
"Il ritorno vuoto. Circolarite e ripetizione nel cinema giapponese horror
degli ultimi anni" . Il Cinema Giapponese Oggi: tradizione e
innovazionei. Ed. Giovanni Spagnoletti, Dario Tomas, Olaf Moller.
Torino: Lindau, 2001. Pp. 87-97.
And then later in English:
"The Empty Return: Circularity and Repetition in Recent Japanese Horror
Films." Minikomi: Informationen des Akademischen Arbeitkreis Japan N. 64
(2002): 19-24.
Aaron Gerow
Associate Professor
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Yokohama National University
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