Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Noroi wa tokete inakatta. 13 nichi me, arata na shisha ga sekai wo horobosu - full transcript
Senpai...
Senpai!
Senpai!
Final Episode
There's a heartbeat!
Get out of the way!
We're taking him to the
hospital. Are you coming too?
This is Yoshino.
He's alive!
They're sending him over to you right now.
All right. l'll handle everything from here.
Don't worry. He's going to be fine.
The cells in his respiratory
organs and arteries are normal.
However he's still unconscious.
What about the effect of the video?
There were no traces of any
tumor in the heart arteries.
This means that the curse has been broken?
This means that Yoichi and l can be saved?
Well, yes.
Meanwhile let's wait for Asakawa's recovery
and run some more tests.
All right. Yoichi must be
worried. l'll go give him a call.
What about Takayama?
Wasn't Takayama sent here too?
How can it be?!
l saw it with my own eyes!
Takayama jumped into the well!
But the paramedics who brought Asakawa in
said he was the only one in the well.
Then what happened to Takayama?
l saw it with my own eyes!
Let's wait for Asakawa to regain consciousness.
He'll be able to explain everything.
We found the Ring virus in Asakawa's bloodstream.
But there is something strange.
Take a look at this.
lts formation has changed.
The Ring is broken!
This means the virus isn't proliferating.
Something has cut the Ring virus.
Did you find anything else in the examination?
No, nothing in particular.
Mai.
l was just on my way to see you.
About your brother...
Do you know what happened to him?
l've completely forgotten
everything about my brother.
l finally understand.
My brother is my brother. l am who l am.
No matter where he is or what he's doing,
it's got nothing to do with me.
Even now the rumor is still circulating
that people will die if they watch
my music video ''Shiroi Yo''.
We conducted a survey on how and where
that rumor started.
There is a hidden message in the video...
''ln order to save yourself you must make copies
of this video and show it to two other people
within 13 days of your first watching the video.''
But this is no longer necessary.
The curse has been broken.
So please don't worry.
Hello, this is Yoshino.
Kawamura?
l'm at the radio station.
l'd like you to speak to Matsuzaki Nao's manager.
This is Yagi. Something bad has happened.
Another high school girl has died.
What?!
She died exactly 13 days after watching the video.
Her friends called the station just now.
They say that Matsuzaki Nao is lying.
We've also received phone calls
from people who were crying
and said they would make copies of the video
and show it to others.
What do we do now?
Has the curse really been broken?
Hello Miyako? What did you
want to talk to me about?
lt's about Yumiko. She's dead.
lt was exactly 13 days after watching the video.
lt's a lie that the curse has been broken.
Aren't we lucky that we didn't see it?
Are you listening, Ayako? Ayako?
Arai?! l'm glad l got a hold of you.
What is it?
Have you seen the video l gave
you just now? Don't watch it!
Why not?
lt doesn't matter why! Just don't watch it!
Yoshino! Did the purification ceremony go smoothly?
Something happened and it was stopped halfway.
The curse hasn't been broken!
Another high school girl has
died after watching the video!
Just think about it! Asakawa is still alive.
l am doing everything l can to find out why
Asakawa is the exception.
Also... Let me watch the video.
l need to verify what it is
that actually activates the virus.
But if you do that you will also...
We're running out of time! l need every clue l can get
my hands on! You understand, don't you?!
This is the message Takayama
discovered hidden in the video.
l see. The actual images are superimposed
on the projected images.
So the message gets through to us
when we watch the video.
That's to say, we get a subliminal message.
lt will hit deep, directly into our subconscious,
and activate the Ring virus.
But exactly when did mankind
get infected with the Ring virus?
lf people weren't previously infected, then
watching the video would have no effect at all!
You're asking where the Ring virus came from?
The Ring virus has always been in
our DNA right from the beginning.
Our DNA is a history of all the
viruses mankind has ever contracted.
We know the function of only
a mere k%/% of the human DNA.
The remaining 9k%/% is completely unknown.
So you're saying that the Ring virus is hiding
in the unknown portion of our DNA?
Yes, and that the stimulus of watching the video
suddenly activates it.
l have one day and 22 hours left.
''X, Y, V.''
What does it mean?
Brother...
l'll soon be released from the hospital.
When l'm out,
we'll always be together.
l'm so glad you're all right!
Yoshino, l...?
They brought you back up from the well.
Don't worry! You've made it past the time limit!
You are safe!
Does this mean that the curse has been broken?
Yoshino?
What's wrong?
Please help me!
What's wrong?
Tell us! We'll listen.
This...
lt's Matsuzaki Nao's video.
l saw it. l'll die soon.
That's why l want you two to watch it.
Could you?
l'll die if you don't!
Please!
Arai, you really didn't watch the video, right?
l didn't.
l'm glad!
lt was going to do something terrible to you.
Give it back to me. You brought
it with you, didn't you?
l forgot it! Sorry. l'll bring it next time.
The curse hasn't been broken yet?
lf we don't do something the
video will start to spread.
Then how was l saved?
Take a look at this.
You were moving about last night and suddenly
those letters appeared on your right arm.
lt was just for a short while.
''X, Y, V.''
Try to recall what happened in the well.
At that moment...
After Takayama died...
Sadako appeared.
l was totally entranced.
Revenge can't save anyone.
Let it go!!
At that moment
l noticed some marks carved into the side of the well.
Even without counting
l knew there were 13 lines.
After that...
l felt that...
Sadako entered my body.
Sadako survived for 13 days after falling into the well.
Full of hatred for mankind,
she counted and kept track
of every sunrise and every sunset.
The hate was... excruciating.
Let's take a break.
l'm all right. We're running out of time.
You and Yoichi...
lt was Takayama!
He held onto me and tried to tell me something.
But it's very strange. You were the only one
brought out of the well.
Takayama was not in the well!
That's ridiculous! He died in my arms!
lt's here.
Careless papa! Suddenly getting sick like this!
Tell him he's a weakling.
Yes?
Come in.
Papa!
Sorry to worry you.
You look pretty good.
This is you, Papa.
This is good!
Yoichi, you should call me
''Dad'' and not ''Papa'' anymore.
Yes, Papa!
l'm sorry l haven't spent time
with you like l promised.
l'll make sure l'm well by the weekend.
Really?
Hurry and get better!
Yoichi might die.
What did you say?!
Because of my carelessness,
Yoichi watched a particular video tape.
The video contains a curse.
Those who watch it die in 13 days.
That's ridiculous!
l know it's hard to believe, but it's true.
Many people have already died.
Everyone's desperately trying
to find a way to stop this.
But we're running out of time.
The time limit is 6 PM tomorrow evening.
Tomorrow?
You're saying that Yoichi will die tomorrow?
Yes, we're trying to find out how to prevent it.
What is it?
lf worst comes to worst,
l'd like to show the video to both of you.
That will save Yoichi.
lf you make copies of the video
and show them to other people,
then you'll be all right too.
lf we can't find a way to break
the curse by tomorrow evening...
Don't worry about it.
l'll do it to save Yoichi.
Your Mom will do it too, yes?
Don't worry about us.
Do your best to find out how to break this curse.
Thank you Dad, Mom...
Just what happened
when l was inside that well?
Please stop my mother's revenge...
with your own hands.
You must hurry.
Asakawa! Where are you going?
l'm going over to Takayama's home to look around.
What for?
He is dead.
But he was trying to tell me something
when we were in the well.
Maybe at the moment of death
he knew how to end all this.
These three letters
may be meant to help us save ourselves.
lt wouldn't be necessary if he were still alive.
l'm sure that l'll find something at his place.
Dr. Miyashita told me what you're going to do.
You can't do it alone in your condition.
l'm coming with you. Key, please.
What is this X, Y, V?
l've been thinking about it.
Why is it V instead of Z?
Does the V stand for Video?
l've thought about that too.
V could also stand for Virus.
Are they really letters of the alphabet?
Are you all right?
You've got a fever!
l'm fine.
No, you're not. Leave the rest to me.
lf we can't find a way to break
the curse by tomorrow at 6 PM...
Yoshino!
Take a look at this.
lt looks like that wasn't the alphabet after all.
You must hurry!
That's it!
Look at this.
The multiplication sign X.
There's a Y here too.
''The Heredity of Memory'
Just before he died, he touched the wound
on my neck with the wound on his hand.
You're saying that his blood mixed with yours?
Yes, that's what saved me.
...mixing and matching, X, Y...
Did you hear? Ayako watched that video.
Then very soon she'll...
Stay away from her or she'll show you the video.
That's scary!
Good morning.
Come over to my place later.
What for?
There's something l want to show you.
You found out what V stands for?
Yes, there was a hint hidden in this article after all.
lt is possible that willpower can reconstruct
the brain's neural system. Over
an extended period of time
the inherited genes will be transformed.
lt's the same principle as inheriting memory.
Human willpower can change the inherited genes.
Did Takayama do that at the moment of his death?
lt's possible.
He changed his own DNA so it could arrest
the proliferation of the Ring virus.
V does not stand for video or virus.
lt stands for Vaccine.
lf we have Takayama's own DNA,
we may be able to stop the
Ring virus from propagating.
ln other words, we can extract DNA from his cells
and create a vaccine. This is the DNA vaccine.
lnjecting this into the blood stream may
prevent the Ring virus from spreading.
l'm pretty sure that is what
happened inside your body.
So there's no need to show the video to anyone.
However, we need Takayama's body.
Wait a moment! Can't we use my blood?
The DNA vaccine needs to instruct
the DNA in the cells not to produce tumors.
The DNA in your body has already gone through
the process and been transformed.
That's why we need the original
DNA from Takayama's body.
Where is Takayama?
Mai!
Mai, your brother hasn't contacted you, right?
That's right.
l don't want to shock you. Listen to me.
You brother might be...
My brother is not dead.
My brother is still alive.
A video with a curse?
A video able to activate a latent human virus.
The virus is able to keep track of time.
Exactly 13 days after it is
activated by watching this video
it detonates, creating a tumor in the heart arteries.
This organization needs a countermeasure
to stop the virus from taking more victims.
Wait a minute. Do you know what you're saying?
A latent virus? That Ring virus?
Such a virus might even exist.
But to say that it is activated
and spread by a cursed video!
And on top of that,
you say that the video was
created by spirit photography?
That's rather unbelievable.
We can show that it's not unbelievable
and that the Ring virus definitely exists!
We are about to come up with the
antibodies here in our own lab,
so please, the University needs to...
Miyashita, it's not like you to mix science and cult.
This is too much and a complete waste of time.
Please listen!
Kawamura!
We've been waiting for you!
Something terrible is happening.
...we'll be able to give you an answer soon.
People have been flooding the station with calls
asking if it's safe not to show
the video to anyone, or saying,
''l don't have anyone to show the video to.
Could you introduce someone?''
lf this keeps up, there'll be a mass panic.
What should we do?
Takayama!
Takayama!
l'll put the tape in.
Make sure you get it right.
''Twilight Flight'' is first, ''Tokyo Calling'' is second.
What is it that you want to show me?
That's what you said this morning.
lt's a secret. You'll find out when we get home.
l look forward to it.
Don't come any closer!
lf you do l'll die!
l'll die with my brother.
Don't do anything stupid!
l've seen that 8 mm film!
Now, for the first time l know why l was born.
For the first time l know why l love him.
l loved him and was supposed to kill him!
That was the purpose of my life!
My love was programmed.
Start your real life now!
You can do it!
This is my real life.
These are my real feelings.
l love my brother even now.
No matter what anyone says, l love him.
This is what l want. l want to be with my brother.
Do you think that will make your brother happy?
Don't try to fool me! l know everything!
All you want is my brother's body!
You only want the DNA from his cells!
No one cares about my brother!
You can figure out how to stop the hatred yourselves.
Yoichi and Yoshino can die just like my brother did.
lf they do, it will end.
lf you don't show the tape to
anyone, everything will end!
But no one can do that.
You're all cowards.
You're all selfish!
That's the only reason you want my brother's body.
l will never allow you to use my brother!
You're right.
l am a coward. l am selfish.
For Yoichi's sake, l'll do anything!
There is nothing else l can do!
What else can l do?!
But there is one thing you have to believe.
Why did your brother choose to die?
Because you were important to him.
You meant the world to him.
Don't talk rubbish!
Stop!
From now on, my brother will be mine and only mine.
Mai!!
Brother...
Live!
l'll always love you.
We're introducing the DNA
extracted from Takayama's body
into the colon bacillus. We're going to start creating
the vaccine with the colon bacillus.
This is the resulting DNA vaccine.
We'll introduce it to the cell culture created
from the superintendent from Yatsugatake.
lf the vaccine stops the proliferation of cells in vitro,
then it should be effective in
countering the Ring virus.
lt seems to have stopped the cells from multiplying.
Yes, the vaccine is effective.
This is what Takayama left behind for us.
We'll be saved!
Rieko?
That vaccine will be able to save
Yoichi and Yoshino, won't it?
And everyone else who has seen the video?
Dr. Miyashita?
No. We can't use it yet.
ln the meantime, make copies of the video.
Why?
Sure, we have confirmed that the
vaccine does stop the Ring virus
from proliferating, but just in a clinical experiment.
lt's still too dangerous to be used right away.
We still haven't tested it in the human body
to see if it will be effective against the virus.
We don't know what complications will be
caused by human body cells.
lf that's the case, the vaccine will never be used.
Eleven more days. Please, after
11 days there is a possibility.
l intend to test it on myself.
l saw the video the day before yesterday.
So in 11 days we'll be able to
confirm if the vaccine works.
The vaccine cannot be used
without that confirmation!
Even then, as a doctor l'm pushing the boundaries.
That will be too late!
The video is spreading right now.
Eleven days from now is too late!
Test it on me!
Please, Doctor, test it on me!
Dad...
l'm coming over to see you.
l want you to watch the video.
ls it really all right?
l'm positive it'll work. l believe in it.
Please.
Dr. Miyashita...
l've got a favor to ask.
Please tell everyone that l am not afraid.
That l believe that l'll be saved.
Go on Matsuzaki Nao's radio show and tell everyone
that there's no need to show anyone the video.
Please tell everyone.
Asakawa...
How's Yoshino?
She's fine.
l'm going to show the tape to my parents right now.
l am not as brave as you or Yoshino.
l understand.
There's no more time. Hurry.
Everyone, take a seat!
We're going to watch a really exciting film.
The tape is all ready. Have fun!
Thanks.
l'm going to go buy something.
l'm coming with you.
There's no need to. Go ahead and sit.
Watch these videos and wait for me.
l have a guest with me today.
She is Dr. Miyashita from the Pathology Department
of Musashino Medical University. She has
a message for all of those
who have watched that video.
Thirteen days ago, a friend
watched the video with the curse.
Tonight at 6:09 PM, about and hour from now,
she will reach her 13-day time limit for living.
...even if you're serious, no one believes you.
But you all know that
something dreadful is happening around you.
Just because of one video tape,
the world might be destroyed.
But please believe this.
You're not alone.
There are others like you
who have seen the video tape
and are fighting to stay alive.
Everyone is on your side.
Papa!
Papa!
Yoichi.
l'm coming down. Wait for me!
That video contains the hatred of a girl
who lived in misery 22 years ago.
Her intention was to get hatred to spread.
lf you make copies of the tape
and show it to two other people,
you will save yourself.
lf the people who see it do the
same, they'll be saved as well.
ln this way, hatred keeps on spreading.
But what happens as this goes on?
We all know the answer if we stop and think.
All of the people around us that we hurt
will harbor ill will towards us.
That's why we're the only ones
who can stop the hatred from spreading.
Papa...
Yoichi,
listen to me, all right?
What's wrong?
Don't worry about anything. Leave everything to me.
Promise me.
We have identified a virus that is activated
when someone watches the video tape.
lt's called the Ring virus.
And we have created a vaccine to counter that virus.
This vaccine was created by a man who used
the power of his mind to rearrange the DNA
in his own body.
He sacrificed his own life to save someone he loved.
His own DNA was transformed
just before his death.
He created this new DNA to counter the DNA of hate.
But, there is a problem.
Right now no one knows if the
DNA vaccine truly works or not.
There has to be someone who is willing to be the first
to take the risk.
My own friend has volunteered to be that person.
She refused to show the video tape to anyone
and has been injected with the vaccine.
Soon, a battle between love and hate
will start in her body.
Dad...
lf there is anyone who has made a copy of the tape
and is about to show it to someone,
please wait for a little more.
lf my friend survives past the time limit,
it will mean that love has triumphed over hatred.
There will be no need to make
copies of the tape anymore.
The DNA vaccine will definitely save everyone.
But if we fail...
No one has the right to stop you from doing
what you choose to do...
To kill your own friends...
l'm sorry.
We didn't manage to find anything.
What are you saying?! This is for Yoichi.
Hurry and show us the tape.
Are you sure it's all right?
You, too, Mom?
But let me say one last thing.
We will never be defeated by hatred.
Think about the evolution of life.
Living things have always wreaked havoc on earth.
Hatred has always been out to destroy love.
But love has never been destroyed. Why?
Because love is much stronger than hatred.
Thanks to love, life prospered
for over 30 million years.
lt is the most ingenious device
in the scheme of things.
lf anyone has even the slightest hesitation
about making copies of the tape,
if you have the slightest feeling
for someone over yourself,
then love will never die.
ln that instant, hatred will have lost.
Now without further ado, let's watch the movie.
Wait!
Natsumi!
Yoichi, come over here.
Come with me.
Right now you've got to show
Grandpa and Grandma this video.
Press the button.
Yoichi, you promised me, didn't you?
You said that you would do as l say.
Yoichi.
But if Grandpa and Grandma watch that video,
they might die, right?
lf Grandpa and Grandma do not
watch the tape, YOU might die.
But l love Grandpa and Grandma.
Listen to me, Yoichi!
NO!
l hate it Papa when you're like that.
l SAlD YOU MlGHT DlE!
But you saw the video too, didn't you?
Then how come you're alive?
l took some medicine.
Then l'll take some medicine too!
You can't!
l was saved by chance.
lf the medicine doesn't work, you'll die!
Do you know what it means to die?!
l'm not afraid! l've got you, Papa!
You'll always be with me, right?
Papa...
l'll be right here.
Papa...
Yoichi!
Yoshino!
Doctor...
Asakawa!
We have just heard that the vaccine works.
This time for sure, the curse is broken.
lt hurts, Dad!
Dad?
lt hurts!
Senpai!
Senpai!
Final Episode
There's a heartbeat!
Get out of the way!
We're taking him to the
hospital. Are you coming too?
This is Yoshino.
He's alive!
They're sending him over to you right now.
All right. l'll handle everything from here.
Don't worry. He's going to be fine.
The cells in his respiratory
organs and arteries are normal.
However he's still unconscious.
What about the effect of the video?
There were no traces of any
tumor in the heart arteries.
This means that the curse has been broken?
This means that Yoichi and l can be saved?
Well, yes.
Meanwhile let's wait for Asakawa's recovery
and run some more tests.
All right. Yoichi must be
worried. l'll go give him a call.
What about Takayama?
Wasn't Takayama sent here too?
How can it be?!
l saw it with my own eyes!
Takayama jumped into the well!
But the paramedics who brought Asakawa in
said he was the only one in the well.
Then what happened to Takayama?
l saw it with my own eyes!
Let's wait for Asakawa to regain consciousness.
He'll be able to explain everything.
We found the Ring virus in Asakawa's bloodstream.
But there is something strange.
Take a look at this.
lts formation has changed.
The Ring is broken!
This means the virus isn't proliferating.
Something has cut the Ring virus.
Did you find anything else in the examination?
No, nothing in particular.
Mai.
l was just on my way to see you.
About your brother...
Do you know what happened to him?
l've completely forgotten
everything about my brother.
l finally understand.
My brother is my brother. l am who l am.
No matter where he is or what he's doing,
it's got nothing to do with me.
Even now the rumor is still circulating
that people will die if they watch
my music video ''Shiroi Yo''.
We conducted a survey on how and where
that rumor started.
There is a hidden message in the video...
''ln order to save yourself you must make copies
of this video and show it to two other people
within 13 days of your first watching the video.''
But this is no longer necessary.
The curse has been broken.
So please don't worry.
Hello, this is Yoshino.
Kawamura?
l'm at the radio station.
l'd like you to speak to Matsuzaki Nao's manager.
This is Yagi. Something bad has happened.
Another high school girl has died.
What?!
She died exactly 13 days after watching the video.
Her friends called the station just now.
They say that Matsuzaki Nao is lying.
We've also received phone calls
from people who were crying
and said they would make copies of the video
and show it to others.
What do we do now?
Has the curse really been broken?
Hello Miyako? What did you
want to talk to me about?
lt's about Yumiko. She's dead.
lt was exactly 13 days after watching the video.
lt's a lie that the curse has been broken.
Aren't we lucky that we didn't see it?
Are you listening, Ayako? Ayako?
Arai?! l'm glad l got a hold of you.
What is it?
Have you seen the video l gave
you just now? Don't watch it!
Why not?
lt doesn't matter why! Just don't watch it!
Yoshino! Did the purification ceremony go smoothly?
Something happened and it was stopped halfway.
The curse hasn't been broken!
Another high school girl has
died after watching the video!
Just think about it! Asakawa is still alive.
l am doing everything l can to find out why
Asakawa is the exception.
Also... Let me watch the video.
l need to verify what it is
that actually activates the virus.
But if you do that you will also...
We're running out of time! l need every clue l can get
my hands on! You understand, don't you?!
This is the message Takayama
discovered hidden in the video.
l see. The actual images are superimposed
on the projected images.
So the message gets through to us
when we watch the video.
That's to say, we get a subliminal message.
lt will hit deep, directly into our subconscious,
and activate the Ring virus.
But exactly when did mankind
get infected with the Ring virus?
lf people weren't previously infected, then
watching the video would have no effect at all!
You're asking where the Ring virus came from?
The Ring virus has always been in
our DNA right from the beginning.
Our DNA is a history of all the
viruses mankind has ever contracted.
We know the function of only
a mere k%/% of the human DNA.
The remaining 9k%/% is completely unknown.
So you're saying that the Ring virus is hiding
in the unknown portion of our DNA?
Yes, and that the stimulus of watching the video
suddenly activates it.
l have one day and 22 hours left.
''X, Y, V.''
What does it mean?
Brother...
l'll soon be released from the hospital.
When l'm out,
we'll always be together.
l'm so glad you're all right!
Yoshino, l...?
They brought you back up from the well.
Don't worry! You've made it past the time limit!
You are safe!
Does this mean that the curse has been broken?
Yoshino?
What's wrong?
Please help me!
What's wrong?
Tell us! We'll listen.
This...
lt's Matsuzaki Nao's video.
l saw it. l'll die soon.
That's why l want you two to watch it.
Could you?
l'll die if you don't!
Please!
Arai, you really didn't watch the video, right?
l didn't.
l'm glad!
lt was going to do something terrible to you.
Give it back to me. You brought
it with you, didn't you?
l forgot it! Sorry. l'll bring it next time.
The curse hasn't been broken yet?
lf we don't do something the
video will start to spread.
Then how was l saved?
Take a look at this.
You were moving about last night and suddenly
those letters appeared on your right arm.
lt was just for a short while.
''X, Y, V.''
Try to recall what happened in the well.
At that moment...
After Takayama died...
Sadako appeared.
l was totally entranced.
Revenge can't save anyone.
Let it go!!
At that moment
l noticed some marks carved into the side of the well.
Even without counting
l knew there were 13 lines.
After that...
l felt that...
Sadako entered my body.
Sadako survived for 13 days after falling into the well.
Full of hatred for mankind,
she counted and kept track
of every sunrise and every sunset.
The hate was... excruciating.
Let's take a break.
l'm all right. We're running out of time.
You and Yoichi...
lt was Takayama!
He held onto me and tried to tell me something.
But it's very strange. You were the only one
brought out of the well.
Takayama was not in the well!
That's ridiculous! He died in my arms!
lt's here.
Careless papa! Suddenly getting sick like this!
Tell him he's a weakling.
Yes?
Come in.
Papa!
Sorry to worry you.
You look pretty good.
This is you, Papa.
This is good!
Yoichi, you should call me
''Dad'' and not ''Papa'' anymore.
Yes, Papa!
l'm sorry l haven't spent time
with you like l promised.
l'll make sure l'm well by the weekend.
Really?
Hurry and get better!
Yoichi might die.
What did you say?!
Because of my carelessness,
Yoichi watched a particular video tape.
The video contains a curse.
Those who watch it die in 13 days.
That's ridiculous!
l know it's hard to believe, but it's true.
Many people have already died.
Everyone's desperately trying
to find a way to stop this.
But we're running out of time.
The time limit is 6 PM tomorrow evening.
Tomorrow?
You're saying that Yoichi will die tomorrow?
Yes, we're trying to find out how to prevent it.
What is it?
lf worst comes to worst,
l'd like to show the video to both of you.
That will save Yoichi.
lf you make copies of the video
and show them to other people,
then you'll be all right too.
lf we can't find a way to break
the curse by tomorrow evening...
Don't worry about it.
l'll do it to save Yoichi.
Your Mom will do it too, yes?
Don't worry about us.
Do your best to find out how to break this curse.
Thank you Dad, Mom...
Just what happened
when l was inside that well?
Please stop my mother's revenge...
with your own hands.
You must hurry.
Asakawa! Where are you going?
l'm going over to Takayama's home to look around.
What for?
He is dead.
But he was trying to tell me something
when we were in the well.
Maybe at the moment of death
he knew how to end all this.
These three letters
may be meant to help us save ourselves.
lt wouldn't be necessary if he were still alive.
l'm sure that l'll find something at his place.
Dr. Miyashita told me what you're going to do.
You can't do it alone in your condition.
l'm coming with you. Key, please.
What is this X, Y, V?
l've been thinking about it.
Why is it V instead of Z?
Does the V stand for Video?
l've thought about that too.
V could also stand for Virus.
Are they really letters of the alphabet?
Are you all right?
You've got a fever!
l'm fine.
No, you're not. Leave the rest to me.
lf we can't find a way to break
the curse by tomorrow at 6 PM...
Yoshino!
Take a look at this.
lt looks like that wasn't the alphabet after all.
You must hurry!
That's it!
Look at this.
The multiplication sign X.
There's a Y here too.
''The Heredity of Memory'
Just before he died, he touched the wound
on my neck with the wound on his hand.
You're saying that his blood mixed with yours?
Yes, that's what saved me.
...mixing and matching, X, Y...
Did you hear? Ayako watched that video.
Then very soon she'll...
Stay away from her or she'll show you the video.
That's scary!
Good morning.
Come over to my place later.
What for?
There's something l want to show you.
You found out what V stands for?
Yes, there was a hint hidden in this article after all.
lt is possible that willpower can reconstruct
the brain's neural system. Over
an extended period of time
the inherited genes will be transformed.
lt's the same principle as inheriting memory.
Human willpower can change the inherited genes.
Did Takayama do that at the moment of his death?
lt's possible.
He changed his own DNA so it could arrest
the proliferation of the Ring virus.
V does not stand for video or virus.
lt stands for Vaccine.
lf we have Takayama's own DNA,
we may be able to stop the
Ring virus from propagating.
ln other words, we can extract DNA from his cells
and create a vaccine. This is the DNA vaccine.
lnjecting this into the blood stream may
prevent the Ring virus from spreading.
l'm pretty sure that is what
happened inside your body.
So there's no need to show the video to anyone.
However, we need Takayama's body.
Wait a moment! Can't we use my blood?
The DNA vaccine needs to instruct
the DNA in the cells not to produce tumors.
The DNA in your body has already gone through
the process and been transformed.
That's why we need the original
DNA from Takayama's body.
Where is Takayama?
Mai!
Mai, your brother hasn't contacted you, right?
That's right.
l don't want to shock you. Listen to me.
You brother might be...
My brother is not dead.
My brother is still alive.
A video with a curse?
A video able to activate a latent human virus.
The virus is able to keep track of time.
Exactly 13 days after it is
activated by watching this video
it detonates, creating a tumor in the heart arteries.
This organization needs a countermeasure
to stop the virus from taking more victims.
Wait a minute. Do you know what you're saying?
A latent virus? That Ring virus?
Such a virus might even exist.
But to say that it is activated
and spread by a cursed video!
And on top of that,
you say that the video was
created by spirit photography?
That's rather unbelievable.
We can show that it's not unbelievable
and that the Ring virus definitely exists!
We are about to come up with the
antibodies here in our own lab,
so please, the University needs to...
Miyashita, it's not like you to mix science and cult.
This is too much and a complete waste of time.
Please listen!
Kawamura!
We've been waiting for you!
Something terrible is happening.
...we'll be able to give you an answer soon.
People have been flooding the station with calls
asking if it's safe not to show
the video to anyone, or saying,
''l don't have anyone to show the video to.
Could you introduce someone?''
lf this keeps up, there'll be a mass panic.
What should we do?
Takayama!
Takayama!
l'll put the tape in.
Make sure you get it right.
''Twilight Flight'' is first, ''Tokyo Calling'' is second.
What is it that you want to show me?
That's what you said this morning.
lt's a secret. You'll find out when we get home.
l look forward to it.
Don't come any closer!
lf you do l'll die!
l'll die with my brother.
Don't do anything stupid!
l've seen that 8 mm film!
Now, for the first time l know why l was born.
For the first time l know why l love him.
l loved him and was supposed to kill him!
That was the purpose of my life!
My love was programmed.
Start your real life now!
You can do it!
This is my real life.
These are my real feelings.
l love my brother even now.
No matter what anyone says, l love him.
This is what l want. l want to be with my brother.
Do you think that will make your brother happy?
Don't try to fool me! l know everything!
All you want is my brother's body!
You only want the DNA from his cells!
No one cares about my brother!
You can figure out how to stop the hatred yourselves.
Yoichi and Yoshino can die just like my brother did.
lf they do, it will end.
lf you don't show the tape to
anyone, everything will end!
But no one can do that.
You're all cowards.
You're all selfish!
That's the only reason you want my brother's body.
l will never allow you to use my brother!
You're right.
l am a coward. l am selfish.
For Yoichi's sake, l'll do anything!
There is nothing else l can do!
What else can l do?!
But there is one thing you have to believe.
Why did your brother choose to die?
Because you were important to him.
You meant the world to him.
Don't talk rubbish!
Stop!
From now on, my brother will be mine and only mine.
Mai!!
Brother...
Live!
l'll always love you.
We're introducing the DNA
extracted from Takayama's body
into the colon bacillus. We're going to start creating
the vaccine with the colon bacillus.
This is the resulting DNA vaccine.
We'll introduce it to the cell culture created
from the superintendent from Yatsugatake.
lf the vaccine stops the proliferation of cells in vitro,
then it should be effective in
countering the Ring virus.
lt seems to have stopped the cells from multiplying.
Yes, the vaccine is effective.
This is what Takayama left behind for us.
We'll be saved!
Rieko?
That vaccine will be able to save
Yoichi and Yoshino, won't it?
And everyone else who has seen the video?
Dr. Miyashita?
No. We can't use it yet.
ln the meantime, make copies of the video.
Why?
Sure, we have confirmed that the
vaccine does stop the Ring virus
from proliferating, but just in a clinical experiment.
lt's still too dangerous to be used right away.
We still haven't tested it in the human body
to see if it will be effective against the virus.
We don't know what complications will be
caused by human body cells.
lf that's the case, the vaccine will never be used.
Eleven more days. Please, after
11 days there is a possibility.
l intend to test it on myself.
l saw the video the day before yesterday.
So in 11 days we'll be able to
confirm if the vaccine works.
The vaccine cannot be used
without that confirmation!
Even then, as a doctor l'm pushing the boundaries.
That will be too late!
The video is spreading right now.
Eleven days from now is too late!
Test it on me!
Please, Doctor, test it on me!
Dad...
l'm coming over to see you.
l want you to watch the video.
ls it really all right?
l'm positive it'll work. l believe in it.
Please.
Dr. Miyashita...
l've got a favor to ask.
Please tell everyone that l am not afraid.
That l believe that l'll be saved.
Go on Matsuzaki Nao's radio show and tell everyone
that there's no need to show anyone the video.
Please tell everyone.
Asakawa...
How's Yoshino?
She's fine.
l'm going to show the tape to my parents right now.
l am not as brave as you or Yoshino.
l understand.
There's no more time. Hurry.
Everyone, take a seat!
We're going to watch a really exciting film.
The tape is all ready. Have fun!
Thanks.
l'm going to go buy something.
l'm coming with you.
There's no need to. Go ahead and sit.
Watch these videos and wait for me.
l have a guest with me today.
She is Dr. Miyashita from the Pathology Department
of Musashino Medical University. She has
a message for all of those
who have watched that video.
Thirteen days ago, a friend
watched the video with the curse.
Tonight at 6:09 PM, about and hour from now,
she will reach her 13-day time limit for living.
...even if you're serious, no one believes you.
But you all know that
something dreadful is happening around you.
Just because of one video tape,
the world might be destroyed.
But please believe this.
You're not alone.
There are others like you
who have seen the video tape
and are fighting to stay alive.
Everyone is on your side.
Papa!
Papa!
Yoichi.
l'm coming down. Wait for me!
That video contains the hatred of a girl
who lived in misery 22 years ago.
Her intention was to get hatred to spread.
lf you make copies of the tape
and show it to two other people,
you will save yourself.
lf the people who see it do the
same, they'll be saved as well.
ln this way, hatred keeps on spreading.
But what happens as this goes on?
We all know the answer if we stop and think.
All of the people around us that we hurt
will harbor ill will towards us.
That's why we're the only ones
who can stop the hatred from spreading.
Papa...
Yoichi,
listen to me, all right?
What's wrong?
Don't worry about anything. Leave everything to me.
Promise me.
We have identified a virus that is activated
when someone watches the video tape.
lt's called the Ring virus.
And we have created a vaccine to counter that virus.
This vaccine was created by a man who used
the power of his mind to rearrange the DNA
in his own body.
He sacrificed his own life to save someone he loved.
His own DNA was transformed
just before his death.
He created this new DNA to counter the DNA of hate.
But, there is a problem.
Right now no one knows if the
DNA vaccine truly works or not.
There has to be someone who is willing to be the first
to take the risk.
My own friend has volunteered to be that person.
She refused to show the video tape to anyone
and has been injected with the vaccine.
Soon, a battle between love and hate
will start in her body.
Dad...
lf there is anyone who has made a copy of the tape
and is about to show it to someone,
please wait for a little more.
lf my friend survives past the time limit,
it will mean that love has triumphed over hatred.
There will be no need to make
copies of the tape anymore.
The DNA vaccine will definitely save everyone.
But if we fail...
No one has the right to stop you from doing
what you choose to do...
To kill your own friends...
l'm sorry.
We didn't manage to find anything.
What are you saying?! This is for Yoichi.
Hurry and show us the tape.
Are you sure it's all right?
You, too, Mom?
But let me say one last thing.
We will never be defeated by hatred.
Think about the evolution of life.
Living things have always wreaked havoc on earth.
Hatred has always been out to destroy love.
But love has never been destroyed. Why?
Because love is much stronger than hatred.
Thanks to love, life prospered
for over 30 million years.
lt is the most ingenious device
in the scheme of things.
lf anyone has even the slightest hesitation
about making copies of the tape,
if you have the slightest feeling
for someone over yourself,
then love will never die.
ln that instant, hatred will have lost.
Now without further ado, let's watch the movie.
Wait!
Natsumi!
Yoichi, come over here.
Come with me.
Right now you've got to show
Grandpa and Grandma this video.
Press the button.
Yoichi, you promised me, didn't you?
You said that you would do as l say.
Yoichi.
But if Grandpa and Grandma watch that video,
they might die, right?
lf Grandpa and Grandma do not
watch the tape, YOU might die.
But l love Grandpa and Grandma.
Listen to me, Yoichi!
NO!
l hate it Papa when you're like that.
l SAlD YOU MlGHT DlE!
But you saw the video too, didn't you?
Then how come you're alive?
l took some medicine.
Then l'll take some medicine too!
You can't!
l was saved by chance.
lf the medicine doesn't work, you'll die!
Do you know what it means to die?!
l'm not afraid! l've got you, Papa!
You'll always be with me, right?
Papa...
l'll be right here.
Papa...
Yoichi!
Yoshino!
Doctor...
Asakawa!
We have just heard that the vaccine works.
This time for sure, the curse is broken.
lt hurts, Dad!
Dad?
lt hurts!