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Norio Tsuruta

Director · 52 credits · 9 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Perilous Internet Ring (2020)

Frequent collaborators: Takashi Shimizu, Tomonobu Moriwaki, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Ryuta Miyake

Directed movies (50 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Perilous Internet Ring

    2020 · ★ 6.8 (70 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    1

  2. Ring 0

    2000 · ★ 6.1 (291 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, Drama

    2

  3. Premonition

    2004 · ★ 6.3 (132 votes)

    Horror

    3

  4. Ousama Game

    2011 · ★ 6.2 (19 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, Mystery

    4

  5. Orochi - Blood

    2008 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Horror

    5

  6. Dark Tales of Japan

    2004 · ★ 5.9 (21 votes)

    Horror, TV Movie

    6

  7. Talk to the Dead

    2013 · ★ 5.4 (10 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    7

  8. Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2018 SP

    2018 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Horror

    8

  9. A Haunted School

    1996 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Horror

    9

  10. Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2017

    2017

    Horror, Thriller

    10

  11. School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special

    1999 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Horror, TV Movie

    11

  12. Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Horror

    12

  13. P.O.V. A Cursed Film

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (19 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    13

  14. Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Horror

    14

  15. Super-Horror Experience 2: Vampire Spirit

    1995

    Horror

    15

  16. Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011

    2011

    TV Movie, Horror

    16

  17. School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special

    2001

    Horror, TV Movie, Comedy

    17

  18. Scary True Stories

    1991 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Horror

    18

  19. Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2016

    2016 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Horror

    19

  20. Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1

    2003 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Horror

    20

  21. Z

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Thriller, Action, Adventure

    21

  22. Kakashi

    2001 · ★ 5.5 (24 votes)

    Horror

    22

  23. Scary True Stories: Night Two

    1992 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Horror

    23

  24. Scary True Stories: Realm of Spectres

    1992 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Horror

    24

  25. Dream Cruise

    2007 · ★ 4.8 (29 votes)

    Horror, TV Movie

    25

  26. Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1

    1999

    Horror

    26

  27. Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version

    2013

    Mystery

    27

  28. Goto shi kabushiki gaisha

    1993

    Crime

    28

  29. Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 2

    2000

    Horror

    29

  30. Shin rei bideo II: Kyôfu taikendan-shuu

    1996

    Horror, Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.