What is the South Korean horror film adapted from the Japanese novel "Ring" by Koji Suzuki which was first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan?
The Ring Virus The Ring Virus () is a South Korean horror film adapted from the Japanese novel "Ring" by Koji Suzuki. A joint project between Japan and Korea, this version has Park Eun-Suh as the creator of the cursed videotape. Although the filmmakers claimed that the film was adapted from the novel, there are various scenes in the film that match the 1998 film "Ring", such as the sex of the lead character, some of the scenes on the videotape as well as copying other film scenes directly from the original film, including the film's climax.
The Crucible (2011 film) The Crucible (; also known as Silenced) is a 2011 South Korean drama film  based on the novel of the same name by Gong Ji-young, starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.