Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Takayama Ryûji, shisu - full transcript

What wrong assumption?

We've assumed all along that
this baby is Sadako herself.

But that's wrong.

All these images are things Sadako saw,

so it's impossible for this baby to be Sadako.

And listen to this...

You will have a baby next year.

These are words that Sadako heard.

So you're saying that Sadako
had a baby somewhere?!

lf we take that line of reasoning,

we can also understand Sadako's last words.



l've already left behind something precious.

That something precious is her own child?!

She and her boyfriend Moriyama
must have had a child.

Do you think the child is still alive?

Sadako died in 1977. lt's possible.

1 day left...

Doctor! Please come and take a look!

What is it?

l came in this morning and
discovered that someone has

cut off a piece of Professor Nagao's tumor.

Who would do such a thing?!

Surely not to expose the Ring virus?

But tumor tissue is not infectious.

The virus is latent in the cells.



lf the cells are cultivated, the virus can be extracted.

That means it could be transmitted to people!

Who would want to do something like that?!

Even so, it would take somebody with skill and

high-tech equipment to cultivate
the cells and extract the virus.

There is definitely a connection
between Mai and Sadako.

l'm sure Mai knows something.

Yoshino...

lf l die...

l've got a little over a day left.

My time runs out tomorrow night at 11:k3 PM.

lf l die, make copies of the tape
and show them to someone.

Do it for yourself and Yoichi too.

No one will blame you for that.

What are you saying?!

How can l keep on going if you give up now?

You won't die. You will survive.

A child?

Sadako may have left behind a child.

This is Takayama.

What the hell are you trying to do?!

Please help me!

Please stop me!

Where are you right now?

Takayama!

Where are you going?

l'm going to look for Takayama.
Something's happened to him.

Stay here! l want you to stay
here until tomorrow night!

We have the knowledge! We'll be able to help you!

Right now we're analyzing
the tumor with the Ring virus

and cultivating the cells. lf we can cause a reaction

with normal cells, we'll be able to find out the cause.

But how does one get infected by watching a video?

Like herpes. You've heard of it, l'm sure?

lt's what causes cold sores on the lips.

A herpes virus is normally latent

and completely inactive.

But when stimulated by exposure
to ultraviolet rays, the cells

can suddenly be activated and
show symptoms of the disease.

lt's possible that a visual
stimulus could activate the virus!

So you're saying that the images in the video activate

a latent virus in human beings?

l'm just speculating. As long as we can identify

the characteristics of the virus, l'm sure we'll
find a way to neutralize it! So, please stay!

l must go. l don't know what he's going to do.

Relax...

You're slowly going back to when you were little.

You are now five years old.

Brother...

You're brother is there? What is he doing?

ls there anyone else around?

Tell me what you see.

Dad and Mom are...

Your Dad and Mom are...?

There is a man next to their bodies.

Take a good look!

Who is he?

You know him.

Look at his face!

Be brave!

Who is he?

Professor...

l...ku...ma.

Professor lkuma?

He was Sadako's father!

Professor lkuma is standing in front of you, isn't he?

What is Professor lkuma doing there?

When Mai's parents were killed,
Professor lkuma was there?!

What's that supposed to mean?

lt can't be...

Professor lkuma killed them?

''Are you Sadako's child?''

''Yes, you are. l am coming for you right now.''

''Don't come, l don't want to see you.''

''Why not? We promised that we would return
together to the place where you were born.''

''...the place where you were born.''

''l'm already by your side.
Turn around and take a look.''

''lkuma''

There is some connection between Professor lkuma

and Mai's parents. l hope we can find something here.

But l don't think we'll find anything on the virus.

Probably not.

Dr. Miyashita...

Takayama wrote a thesis with
the same title as this journal.

lsn't it about inheriting memory from parents?

Yes, simplistically speaking.

ls that like saying that
knowledge acquired by parents

will be passed on to the child,

without any study by the child?

Well, yes.

That's impossible!

You don't need to be an expert to know that!

Well, no one believed in it
when this thesis was written.

But, l've heard of some theories since then about

the genetic transfer of accumulated knowledge.

The genetic transfer of memory?

Well, technically speaking, the
survival habits and instincts

of animals are passed on genetically.

On a deeper level, it's possible that memory

can be genetically inherited, too.

What is this?

An 8mm film?

''Gedachtnis und Vererbung''

''Memory and Heredity''

This was taken when Mai's parents were killed!

That's...

ls that Takayama?

Brother...

Something horrifying
happened in the blink of an eye.

l never expected it to happen this soon.

This boy possesses an incredible special power.

He killed Mai's parents because
they were abusing her.

Takayama!

What's this about helping you?

You know who stole the tissue
from Nagao's body, don't you?

l stole it.

Right now l'm separating the
Ring virus DNA from the tissue.

With this l can destroy the
world faster than the video can.

What the hell are you thinking of?!

Did you meet Sadako's child?

Where is he?! What's going on?!

Sadako's child...

is right before your eyes.

This is Sadako's son, Ryuji.

The father is her boyfriend, Moriyama Shuhei.

You are... Sadako's child?

Hatred will destroy.

Hatred?

Yes. l was born into this world

to carry out my mother's revenge.

You know what misery my
mother suffered, don't you?

Nagao's gotten the punishment he deserved.

Aren't you satisfied with that?

You don't know anything!

My mother hates every single one of you.

All of you pretending to watch from the sidelines!

Don't be ridiculous! Not all of us are evil!

Do you have the right to say that?

You are just like Nagao and the others.

To save your son you made a copy of the tape

and showed it to me.

You only care about saving your own friends

and don't care what happens to everyone else.

ls that the love that you talk about?

How can l do nothing and
just watch my loved ones die

right in front of my eyes?!

That's what they all say.

Tell me where the virus is!

Where is it?!

The memory of Sadako's hatred
lies asleep inside this boy.

Her hatred has been genetically
transferred to his DNA.

As the cells inside him proliferate,

the hatred will grow.

l'm afraid that when he is finally grown

he will be consumed by the memory of that hate

and bring disaster onto mankind.

Maybe l should rid the world of this boy

right now with my own hands,

and save it from the disaster

he will bring one day.

But l can't bring myself to do it.

This boy is innocent.

Therefore, in order to protect the world

and prevent this calamity from happening someday,

l have taken action. Let me explain.

Years from now, a tragedy will
befall this boy and his sister

because of what l've done.

No matter what happens, they
are innocent of any crime.

Think of the genetically inherited
hatred as a virus that is dormant.

The virus is latent most of the time,

but any stimulus will activate it.

ln order to prevent the virus from being reactivated,

l have created a vaccine from its antibodies.

This vaccine needs to be right by his side all the time.

What happened?

The rest of the tape is blank!

At least another piece of the puzzle is solved.

Sadako's child, Takayama Ryuji, is alive.

So Takayama Ryuji has genetically inherited

Sadako's memory.

But just what is the vaccine?

A vaccine...

Mai?!

Yes, we're looking for her right now.

We think she's left the hospital.

lt's Miyashita. Mai's disappeared.

l'm sure she went to look for Takayama.

Where are you now? Did you find Takayama?

What's wrong? What's happened?

Nothing.

Then please come back.

We found a film left behind by Professor lkuma.

Years from now, Takayama will cause a disaster.

lt's already happening right now.

lt was Takayama who cut off part of Nagao's tumor.

Right now he's cultivating the cells

and intends to spread the virus.

He's finding an even more effective way

to carry out Sadako's revenge.

So Sadako's all-consuming hatred has been

genetically transferred to her son.

How long does it take to cultivate the Ring virus?

How long do we have?

At the very least, it normally
takes a week to cultivate a virus.

That virus has the ability to
proliferate at a much faster rate.

That's why, maybe...

...we've already run out of time?

Asakawa! Where are you going?

l'm going to try to stop Takayama.

Stay here. We'll identify the virus very soon.

We need you for some blood tests

so we can check on how fast the virus is spreading.

lf l stay, will you be able to save me? Save everyone?

One more thing.

Show me the video.

Make a copy of that video you saw and show it to me.

So the curse on me won't come true?

No! lt's not that!

l need more time! Just a bit
more. We'll be able to find a cure!

l can't.

l can't drag you any further into this.

Hello, this is the Asakawa residence.

Yoichi, is that you?

Are you going to be late again tonight?

lt doesn't look like l'll be back home tonight.

Tomorrow?

Yes, definitely.

Really? That's a promise!

Really. lt's a promise.

We'll be together... always.

l will protect Yoichi.

l will protect you.

The 13th day.

Would he have gone back to where he was born?

l went back to the place where
Takayama was brought up,

but l couldn't find anything.

That music box!

She said that she got it from Takayama.

Yes, on one of his visits after
her parents died, Takayama

gave it to her to cheer her up.

But she already had the music
box at the time of their deaths.

So she didn't get it from Takayama?

So a memory was fabricated

in order to create her love for Takayama.

The only one who could have
done that was Professor lkuma.

So Professor lkuma programmed
Mai to love Takayama.

But whatever for?

We have to get to the bottom of this.

There must be a reason for this.

ln order to prevent the virus from being reactivated,

l have created a vaccine from its antibodies.

This vaccine needs to be right by his side all the time.

We can't let Mai see Takayama!

l found out what Professor lkuma did to Mai.

Why is there only love for Takayama in her heart?

Why does she have to be with Takayama?

The two of them always have to be together.

No matter how far apart they are,

Mai must always return to Takayama's side.

Why?

Because she is Takayama's vaccine!

Vaccine?

Yes. The vaccine to be used when Sadako's hatred

awakes inside him.

Professor lkuma has brainwashed her.

''Love Takayama! Always be at his side.

And when Sadako wakes up inside Takayama,

you must kill the one you love

with your very own hands.''

Thank you.

Why are you in my way?

Why can't you leave me alone?

Wait!

Driver, please turn left at the next corner.

Why did you come?

Don't come any closer!

Why not?

l walked the whole night to get here.

l knew right away where you would be.

l knew l would see you soon,

and my legs didn't even hurt.

Brother...

Stop!

Take care of her!

Go! Make Asakawa come back!

We'll save him!

Mai! Come on! Hang in there!

Senpai!

Let's go back! We're running out of time!

lf we don't find him this will never end!

So what?!

''The place where you were born.''

Wait a minute!

Where who was born?

lf it's not Takayama...

Could it be that all-consuming
hatred inside Takayama?

lf that's the case, that would be...

lnside the well!

Sadako's revenge was born in the well at the school.

l'm sure that's where Takayama's gone.

Found it!

Takayama!

So you finally found it.

But you're too late.

lt's 11:30.

ln 20 minutes you will die.

Where is the virus?

Did you show the video to anyone?

Where is the virus?!

Why? Why didn't you make a copy of the tape?

Because there was someone that l have to save.

You do too.

Someone important to you,
someone that you have to save.

There is no one.

You've taken all kinds of risk for her sake

and endured so much.

Can you really forget all that?

Takayama!

Why?

What are you doing?!

As long as l'm around, my
sister will never find happiness.

As long as l'm alive,

my sister will remain a tool whose only purpose

is to erase me from this world.

Please tell my sister that her real life starts now.

Someday she will find someone she truly loves.

Brother!

Senpai!!

Let me go!

Takayama! Don't give up!

l can't take it anymore.

l'm merely a tool for my mother's revenge.

l shouldn't have been allowed to live.

What are you saying?!

You just chose to sacrifice yourself for your sister!

You're not a tool of revenge!

You have mastered the hatred inside you!

Can you hear me, Takayama!

Please stop my mother's revenge...

with your own hands.

You must hurry.

Brother...

Listen to me, Sadako!

This is the result of your hatred.

Your hatred has killed your own son!

Are you satisfied?

ls this what you hoped for?

Answer me!!

Senpai! lt's 11:4k!

You've got eight minutes left!

Let's make a copy of the tape!

No!

lf you don't do it, l will!

l'll find someone right now to show it to!

Hello!

What is it?

Return the keys to me when you're done.

Wait!

l want to show you something! Please stay!

Why do you hate everyone so much?

Even now, there is someone who still loves you.

You don't know, do you?

He was your lover.

Moriyama gave me a letter to give to you.

You're consumed by hatred.

Maybe you've completely forgotten about him.

What do you think the letter said?

''For the past 22 years,

and even now, l still love you.''

''You are my most precious memory.''

This world isn't just people who want to hurt you.

lf only you believed in someone!

Then you wouldn't have gone through such misery.

Your son...

Learned that at the very end!

Let it go.

Revenge doesn't get you anywhere.

Let it go!!

What's wrong?