ikuma heihachiro

Heihachiro Ikuma is presumed to be Sadako's father, although the Japanese novels and films strongly suggest she was sired by an oceanic supernatural entity. He cares for Sadako after Shizuko's death, and in the novel, he succumbs to the smallpox virus shortly after Sadako is thrown into the well by Nagao. In the films, he fears his daughter's malevolent powers, which leads him to strike her with an axe and dump her body in the well. Reiko Asakawa and Ryuji Takayama confront him in Ring (1998), where he confesses his crime and reveals Sadako's history. Ring 0: Birthday elaborates on the events leading up to his attempted murder of Sadako. It is revealed that Sadako split into two beings: a timid, benign girl and an evil psychic. He allows the gentle Sadako to grow and attend school while keeping the evil Sadako locked away, feeding her growth-inhibiting hormones to keep her in a childlike form. At the climax of Ring 0, the two Sadakos merge, and Heihachiro tricks her into drinking poison before striking her with an axe and disposing of her body in the ensuing struggle. He weeps afterward, showing remorse for his actions towards Sadako.