Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Bideo ni korosareru - full transcript
ldol singer Matsuzaki Nao.
People die after listening to her songs.
Right now Takayama Ryuji is
watching us from wherever he is.
We're reaching the time limit of the curse.
This is the Yamanashi Prefecture Police.
Someone has died of heart failure.
At the Rainbow Resort Club, in the employee office.
We'll send a dispatch from the nearest police station.
Please wait at the scene.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Just as a precaution l watched it too.
Five people who watched this tape have died.
Which means l will too.
There is only one minute left.
At the moment nothing is out of place.
Do curses really exist?
The critical moment is at hand.
Now you'll know your fate.
What's happening?!
Must be the circuit breaker!
Get the power back up! Hurry!
Right now there's a problem with the electricity.
Please wait a moment. Ah, it's back on!
lt's past midnight.
Let's ask Prof. Kaneda how he feels.
Professor?
lt looks like something's
happened at Kaneda's home.
We'll return to the studio until
we have more facts about it.
The curse that Takayama predicted...
lt's scary!
Yoichi! lt's okay...
Sorry, l guess l woke you up.
You didn't stay overnight?
Did you find anything in Yatsugatake?
Absolutely nothing.
You don't look too good.
Nothing happened.
lt seemed a waste of time so l came home.
Then you haven't seen the program yet, have you?
lt looks like Prof. Kaneda really died!
Just like Takayama Ryuji predicted.
Maybe curses really do exist!
Don't be ridiculous!
Go to bed.
l'll go sleep with Yoichi.
Yoshino...
Thanks.
Goodnight.
Papa! Hurry up!
Next stop, my house.
l've got to change clothes.
Walk to the office from here.
lf we arrive at the office together there'll be problems.
l don't think there is anything wrong
if l'm seen with my former boss.
ln any case, get out of the car.
Ms. Yoshino! Good morning.
Who was that?
My boyfriend. He just dropped me off.
Senpai!
Something did happen in
Yatsugatake after all, didn't it?
Good morning.
What are you doing?!
l am Uchimura, from the
Yamanashi Prefecture Police.
Last night the supervisor of the Rainbow Resort
Club in Yatsugatake died. You know this, don't you?
Why did you run off?
l didn't run off.
lt was in the middle of the night. 12 PM.
Was there a reason for you to
leave at that hour of the night?
You're not saying that l'm a suspect?
You're the one who reported it to the police, right?
Yes.
lt's a little embarrassing, but l was afraid.
When you called in you said
that he had died of heart failure.
Your report was recorded at the police's
call center so there's no mistake.
There was no doctor at the scene, so how did you
know that the cause of death was heart failure?
What is the cause of death? The
autopsy's been completed, right?
lt's just like you said. Heart failure.
There were no traces of external injuries.
The investigation is at a standstill.
But why would a healthy man
suddenly die of heart failure?
l was thinking perhaps l could
find out something if l asked you.
Excuse me.
Are you Takayama Ryuji?
Yes l am.
l am Kashiwada from the Miura
City Police. This is Komura.
You've caused quite a commotion!
lt's surprising to think that curses can kill people.
At the time of Prof. Kaneda's death,
that is, at midnight this morning...
Where were you?
At home.
The people from the TV station called your
home and the office but no one answered.
All l've done is merely put a curse on Prof. Kaneda.
Putting a curse on someone is not a crime.
There is no legal punishment for that.
Don't take us for idiots!
We don't believe in curses.
Especially since there were marks around his neck.
You didn't kill Prof. Kaneda with a curse.
You strangled him!
l was not at the scene at the time.
lf you watch the program...
We've seen it. We've seen it over and over.
Something happened during those
moments of pitch black darkness.
As a teacher you're well qualified,
but as a murderer you're an amateur.
And amateurs make mistakes.
Right now we're at Meiwa University.
For the last 10 hours, since the incident last night...
...many reporters have been waiting here...
...hoping to get a comment from Takayama Ryuji...
...the man who put a curse on Prof. Kaneda.
However Takayama Ryuji has
not made an appearance.
The mice?!
Yes. lt's unnatural for them to die all at once.
ls it possible that a virus has been created
from genetically rearranging the genes?
There is that possibility.
ln any case, as a precaution,
please seal off this laboratory.
lf this is contagious, l'm the
only one who's infected by it.
For the time being, stay here and take some tests.
l will.
And, keep this quiet for a while.
The election for the presidency is coming up
and l'd like to have any bad news suppressed.
Senpai?
What are you doing?
Stay away!
Why didn't you knock?
l did.
Did you see it?
l'm asking if you saw the screen!
l didn't. You blocked it.
You didn't see anything? Not a single thing?!
l didn't.
What's going on? You get
called up by the police no less!
This is all the information on Takayama Ryuji.
Take a seat.
This is from the article you were planning to write?
Yes.
Let's get out of here.
The other day you said something about
a singer who's cursed... Matsuzaki Nao?
And about that rumor as well.
l've been thinking about it and it seems
like a good idea. Go ahead with it.
lt'll be good if you get Takayama
Ryuji to lend some credence to this.
Regarding Takayama Ryuji...
l don't think it's possible to get him to help.
l heard from the news department the
police suspect that it was a trick of
his to cover up killing Prof. Kaneda.
They also expect Takayama
to be arrested within the day.
Coffee, please. You too?
Two coffees please.
But since you've encouraged
me l'll go ahead with the article.
This is the first time you've
praised me for something.
ls that so?
l've got a plan for getting the information.
l'm thinking of doing a magazine survey.
Asking when they first heard of the rumor, what
variation of the rumor, who they heard it from...
...pretty much doing a nationwide survey.
That would take too long.
lt needs to be done in a hurry?
lf you don't hurry, any interest
in this topic will die off.
l understand. l'll think of some quicker way.
l look forward to it.
...and where were you?
l was over there.
When the lights went off l rushed
to the circuit breaker by the foyer.
Why did you do that?
Why? Well, if the electricity cuts off suddenly
l would assume it's the circuit breaker.
Ah, no... Wait a minute.
Someone did shout to get the circuit
breaker, then everyone left the living
room and went towards the foyer.
Going down the stairs and locating
the circuit breaker took a while.
Whose voice was it?
Who shouted that it was the circuit breaker?
l don't know.
What's that got to do with this?
When someone shouted that it was
the circuit breaker everyone ran out.
The murderer then entered
the room and killed his victim.
Wait a minute! You're saying that
the murderer is one of my staff?
l'm just saying that it's a possibility.
No matter how remote the possibility.
lt makes the curse questionable.
No way.
Ah, speaking of which, Prof. Kaneda
said something strange on the phone.
That Takayama Ryuji was
keeping a close watch on him.
Watching him?
Mr. Kashiwada, the day before he died
Kaneda suddenly signed a contract
with a home security company.
Perhaps he was worried about being attacked.
lt could be because of Takayama Ryuji.
Thirteen days left.
Will l make it in time?
''...heart failure...''
Where are you going?
l'm going out for a bit.
Kumiya will take care of my work.
Takayama Ryuji?
l heard the media are all there trying to interview him.
Try calling him.
Tell him it was a prior appointment or something.
That's impossible! Even the media
who're staking him out haven't
managed to get an interview with him.
Are you afraid of talking with a murderer?
...it's got nothing to do with this current incident.
They're going to ask him, but l
don't think he's going to say yes.
l understand.
lt seems like he said okay. But since
the front entrance is blocked off, go
in by the security door around back.
-Wait a minute! -l'm going alone.
That's mean of you!
Aren't you busy with interviewing
Matsuzaki Nao yourself? Thanks.
Wait!
Hello?
Be careful when you meet Takayama Ryuji.
What happened?
Our own news section wrote a
hard hitting article about him...
...in this evening's paper. Although he's
agreed to meet you, watch out for him.
l see.
''Takayama''
Come in.
l'm Asakawa from the Chuo Shinbun.
Yoshino had some urgent matter
come up so l am here in her place.
The reason why l'm here today is...
...to ask if l killed Prof. Kaneda?
You said that curses exist.
Right now there's a rumor about a curse
spreading among high school girls.
That people will die after listening to a song.
What do you think about that?
Mr. Asakawa, do you smoke?
Let's play a game.
Take this.
There are three sticks of cigarettes here.
You are free to choose any
of them of your own free will.
Please take one.
There are 2 sticks left. Take one more.
Number 3 is left.
Take a look at that note.
l know whatever it is that you want to do.
lf you're holding back something and trying to
find out something from me, it's a waste of time.
This is a recording of Matsuzaki Nao's song.
Exactly 13 days after having watched it, people
who were completely unrelated ended up dead.
And the cause of death for
all of them was heart failure.
You also mentioned heart failure
in your thesis on African sorcery.
lnteresting.
Have you seen this?
No.
That's good. Then l'll take a look at it...
...within a month.
You've seen this video.
And thinking that you yourself
might die, you came to see me.
l'll take a look at it as soon as l can.
...before the 13th day.
You can leave this here with me.
ln any case it's a copy, isn't it?
Are you really going to watch it?
You might die.
You brought this here to have me take a look at it.
That's why you purposely made a copy for me.
You don't give a damn about my life.
Am l wrong?
Well then, if l find anything l'll get in touch with you.
l wish you all the best for the next 13 days.
lt'll take some time for the test results to come out.
lf l've really contracted a virus, l might die.
Don't talk rubbish! lt's not necessarily a virus.
Even if it is by some chance a virus, the
human body still has some ability to fight it.
Hello.
lt's Asakawa.
Mr. Asakawa?
l'm sorry, l still haven't had a chance
to check on the four deaths for you.
Ms. Reiko?
Do you believe in curses?
Curses?
l don't believe in them.
You don't think that those
four died because of a curse?
What would you do if a curse was cast on you?
Do you think you'd be afraid?
l guess l would be afraid.
Maybe so scared that l wouldn't
be able to sleep at night.
But l'd certainly do my best to get it removed.
Maybe it's idealism or just my nature,
but l've always been a fighter.
The fact is that mankind has always
fought to survive, fought to win.
No matter how impossible problems appear to be...
...people will find a way of overcoming them.
The moment we label them supernatural
powers we will be defeated.
l guess you're right.
What's wrong?
Compared to you, l'm thinking
that l'm such a coward.
What are you saying?
l'm glad l heard your voice.
What's that?
Nothing. Bye.
Papa!
What's today's menu?
Spaghetti! Okay.
l want to watch this.
Yoichi! No!
''The Railroad''
l'm sorry, l made a mistake.
You're strange, Papa.
lt's not 'papa', it's Dad.
Yes, Papa.
Watch your tape.
Oh, Yoshino!
Good evening. Yoichi said
he wanted to have sukiyaki...
...so l promised to make him some tonight.
What about checking with me first?
lt's okay. May l borrow that apron?
Tastes good?
Compared with papa's, whose tastes better?
Papa's.
Where's my report?
Takayama Ryuji.
He said that he'd think about the project.
That's it?
Well, what's going on with Matsuzaki Nao?
lt's not like you expected at all.
The manager got really angry when l mentioned
that they created the rumor to get publicity.
Anyway, it seems Matsuzaki Nao
is rather troubled by the rumor.
The agency also strongly denies the rumor.
He also said that if we start a survey on the
rumor they want to cooperate for her sake.
They suggested that if she
appears on the radio herself...
...there will be an immediate response.
On the radio...
Let me think about it for a couple of days.
Yoichi, eat more of the beef.
Yoichi, eat more vegetables.
Yoshino...
Do you believe that people can
read other people's minds?
Well, if it's you, l can!
Are you angry today or in a mood to listen?
l'm not talking about that.
When l went to see Takayama,...
...he asked me to choose cigarettes
that had numbers written on them.
So what about it?
He gives you a slip of paper
with the number 3 written on it.
Which means you'll pick the
cigarette with the number 3.
Then he asked me to pick one.
lf i had picked number 3...
That's it! lf you had picked that, he would
have said to look at the slip of paper.
But if l'd picked another number,
he would have ignored the slip...
...of paper, and asked me to
pick one of the remaining two.
lf l had picked 3 then he would've
said that was my choice.
lf l didn't pick the number 3,
he would've thrown that out...
...and the remaining one would be number 3.
No matter what, it would've been number 3.
Got it!
Bye, Yoichi!
Come by again, Auntie!
l'll come again if you don't call me auntie.
Come by again Big Sister.
See you, Senpai.
Thanks. Shall l give you a ride?
Right now you don't look like you want to.
Goodnight.
Telephone!
Hello.
Hello.
lt's Takayama.
l've watched the video and
found something interesting.
Can you come by my office?
You're a con man!
l'm going to go do some coloring.
What did you say?
That video is the real thing.
lf you don't do anything you'll die in 13 days.
l won't force you if you don't want to come,
but l'm the only one who can help you.
Well?
l no longer wish to see you.
ls that so. That's unfortunate.
That video is the real thing.
lf you don't do anything you'll die in 13 days.
''l'll be right back, sleep tight.''
Hello.
lt's Nagao. The test results are out.
lt's something totally unbelievable!
You can't read people's minds.
You just merely show what's taken for granted.
You've learned a lot.
lf you didn't do that you wouldn't
be a suitable partner for me.
Partner?
You would be of no use to my ability.
You would die after the 13th day.
l don't believe in your so-called powers.
You took the trouble to call me.
But you didn't know whether
or not l would show up...
...so you were waiting. Why?
lt's easy.
Because you also need me.
lf l die you're afraid that you
won't be able to live either.
We need each other.
Am l wrong?
You're only half correct with your conjecture.
Certainly l have interest in this curse.
For that reason l need you.
But unfortunately, l'm not afraid of dying.
Unlike you, l don't have anything to lose.
The voice l heard over the
phone was your son, wasn't it?
l have a question.
Did you really kill Prof. Kaneda by using a curse?
Yes l did.
Two days before the Professor's
death l made a call to his home.
On the right hand side of the table there is a sofa.
You're sitting on it right now.
On the table there is a bottle of whiskey just opened.
lt was not clairvoyance.
Whether the sofa and table
are on the right or left side...
...merely depends on how one looks at it.
When l said it was the right-hand side...
...he merely assumed it was correct.
What about the Whiskey?
That's even simpler.
The Professor loved to get involved.
He would attend journal discussions with...
...a bottle of whiskey once every three days.
All the whiskey bottles would be 'just opened'.
And then...
This is the last phone call l'll make.
Tomorrow it'll be too late.
Do you know the effect that had on the Professor?
He signed a contract with a home security company.
Everyone thinks that curses can
be countered by a home security...
...that is managed by computer systems.
After that, l broke into that computer system...
...causing the circuit breaker to trip that night.
Right now nothing is out of place.
Do curses really exist?
All of a sudden it's total darkness.
Your eyes will never open again.
Those were the words of my curse to Prof. Kaneda.
No matter what sort of curse you're dealing with,...
...there's always a need for
setting the stage beforehand.
That's all l started out to do.
The rest was accomplished by
the genuine power of the curse.
Please, this way.
l've transferred the video into
the computer's hard disk.
That will allow me to run various
analytical programs on it.
First, take a look at that monitor over there.
Playing it over a number of times.
l found a couple of strange messages hidden in it.
First, take a look at this faint spot on the screen.
lt appears there's something there
that you can't see with the naked eye.
However, l found these images underneath.
A baby?
Probably.
There's another image like this.
And take a look at this noise
running down the screen.
Human eyes?
When the entire image is put together...
A woman looking into a mirror!
There's one more image.
There's no message, just noise.
l found something strange.
l've analyzed this many times.
lt's a strange voice.
ls this video for real?
There is something even more terrifying.
On this screen there are hidden words.
Here.
lt's to enforce the hidden suggestions.
''A curse has been cast on you.
Thirteen days later at this time...
...you will die.
There is only one way to be saved.
And that is...''
What's after that?
What's wrong?!
The video ends here.
There's nothing else in the video after this.
12 days left...
People die after listening to her songs.
Right now Takayama Ryuji is
watching us from wherever he is.
We're reaching the time limit of the curse.
This is the Yamanashi Prefecture Police.
Someone has died of heart failure.
At the Rainbow Resort Club, in the employee office.
We'll send a dispatch from the nearest police station.
Please wait at the scene.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Just as a precaution l watched it too.
Five people who watched this tape have died.
Which means l will too.
There is only one minute left.
At the moment nothing is out of place.
Do curses really exist?
The critical moment is at hand.
Now you'll know your fate.
What's happening?!
Must be the circuit breaker!
Get the power back up! Hurry!
Right now there's a problem with the electricity.
Please wait a moment. Ah, it's back on!
lt's past midnight.
Let's ask Prof. Kaneda how he feels.
Professor?
lt looks like something's
happened at Kaneda's home.
We'll return to the studio until
we have more facts about it.
The curse that Takayama predicted...
lt's scary!
Yoichi! lt's okay...
Sorry, l guess l woke you up.
You didn't stay overnight?
Did you find anything in Yatsugatake?
Absolutely nothing.
You don't look too good.
Nothing happened.
lt seemed a waste of time so l came home.
Then you haven't seen the program yet, have you?
lt looks like Prof. Kaneda really died!
Just like Takayama Ryuji predicted.
Maybe curses really do exist!
Don't be ridiculous!
Go to bed.
l'll go sleep with Yoichi.
Yoshino...
Thanks.
Goodnight.
Papa! Hurry up!
Next stop, my house.
l've got to change clothes.
Walk to the office from here.
lf we arrive at the office together there'll be problems.
l don't think there is anything wrong
if l'm seen with my former boss.
ln any case, get out of the car.
Ms. Yoshino! Good morning.
Who was that?
My boyfriend. He just dropped me off.
Senpai!
Something did happen in
Yatsugatake after all, didn't it?
Good morning.
What are you doing?!
l am Uchimura, from the
Yamanashi Prefecture Police.
Last night the supervisor of the Rainbow Resort
Club in Yatsugatake died. You know this, don't you?
Why did you run off?
l didn't run off.
lt was in the middle of the night. 12 PM.
Was there a reason for you to
leave at that hour of the night?
You're not saying that l'm a suspect?
You're the one who reported it to the police, right?
Yes.
lt's a little embarrassing, but l was afraid.
When you called in you said
that he had died of heart failure.
Your report was recorded at the police's
call center so there's no mistake.
There was no doctor at the scene, so how did you
know that the cause of death was heart failure?
What is the cause of death? The
autopsy's been completed, right?
lt's just like you said. Heart failure.
There were no traces of external injuries.
The investigation is at a standstill.
But why would a healthy man
suddenly die of heart failure?
l was thinking perhaps l could
find out something if l asked you.
Excuse me.
Are you Takayama Ryuji?
Yes l am.
l am Kashiwada from the Miura
City Police. This is Komura.
You've caused quite a commotion!
lt's surprising to think that curses can kill people.
At the time of Prof. Kaneda's death,
that is, at midnight this morning...
Where were you?
At home.
The people from the TV station called your
home and the office but no one answered.
All l've done is merely put a curse on Prof. Kaneda.
Putting a curse on someone is not a crime.
There is no legal punishment for that.
Don't take us for idiots!
We don't believe in curses.
Especially since there were marks around his neck.
You didn't kill Prof. Kaneda with a curse.
You strangled him!
l was not at the scene at the time.
lf you watch the program...
We've seen it. We've seen it over and over.
Something happened during those
moments of pitch black darkness.
As a teacher you're well qualified,
but as a murderer you're an amateur.
And amateurs make mistakes.
Right now we're at Meiwa University.
For the last 10 hours, since the incident last night...
...many reporters have been waiting here...
...hoping to get a comment from Takayama Ryuji...
...the man who put a curse on Prof. Kaneda.
However Takayama Ryuji has
not made an appearance.
The mice?!
Yes. lt's unnatural for them to die all at once.
ls it possible that a virus has been created
from genetically rearranging the genes?
There is that possibility.
ln any case, as a precaution,
please seal off this laboratory.
lf this is contagious, l'm the
only one who's infected by it.
For the time being, stay here and take some tests.
l will.
And, keep this quiet for a while.
The election for the presidency is coming up
and l'd like to have any bad news suppressed.
Senpai?
What are you doing?
Stay away!
Why didn't you knock?
l did.
Did you see it?
l'm asking if you saw the screen!
l didn't. You blocked it.
You didn't see anything? Not a single thing?!
l didn't.
What's going on? You get
called up by the police no less!
This is all the information on Takayama Ryuji.
Take a seat.
This is from the article you were planning to write?
Yes.
Let's get out of here.
The other day you said something about
a singer who's cursed... Matsuzaki Nao?
And about that rumor as well.
l've been thinking about it and it seems
like a good idea. Go ahead with it.
lt'll be good if you get Takayama
Ryuji to lend some credence to this.
Regarding Takayama Ryuji...
l don't think it's possible to get him to help.
l heard from the news department the
police suspect that it was a trick of
his to cover up killing Prof. Kaneda.
They also expect Takayama
to be arrested within the day.
Coffee, please. You too?
Two coffees please.
But since you've encouraged
me l'll go ahead with the article.
This is the first time you've
praised me for something.
ls that so?
l've got a plan for getting the information.
l'm thinking of doing a magazine survey.
Asking when they first heard of the rumor, what
variation of the rumor, who they heard it from...
...pretty much doing a nationwide survey.
That would take too long.
lt needs to be done in a hurry?
lf you don't hurry, any interest
in this topic will die off.
l understand. l'll think of some quicker way.
l look forward to it.
...and where were you?
l was over there.
When the lights went off l rushed
to the circuit breaker by the foyer.
Why did you do that?
Why? Well, if the electricity cuts off suddenly
l would assume it's the circuit breaker.
Ah, no... Wait a minute.
Someone did shout to get the circuit
breaker, then everyone left the living
room and went towards the foyer.
Going down the stairs and locating
the circuit breaker took a while.
Whose voice was it?
Who shouted that it was the circuit breaker?
l don't know.
What's that got to do with this?
When someone shouted that it was
the circuit breaker everyone ran out.
The murderer then entered
the room and killed his victim.
Wait a minute! You're saying that
the murderer is one of my staff?
l'm just saying that it's a possibility.
No matter how remote the possibility.
lt makes the curse questionable.
No way.
Ah, speaking of which, Prof. Kaneda
said something strange on the phone.
That Takayama Ryuji was
keeping a close watch on him.
Watching him?
Mr. Kashiwada, the day before he died
Kaneda suddenly signed a contract
with a home security company.
Perhaps he was worried about being attacked.
lt could be because of Takayama Ryuji.
Thirteen days left.
Will l make it in time?
''...heart failure...''
Where are you going?
l'm going out for a bit.
Kumiya will take care of my work.
Takayama Ryuji?
l heard the media are all there trying to interview him.
Try calling him.
Tell him it was a prior appointment or something.
That's impossible! Even the media
who're staking him out haven't
managed to get an interview with him.
Are you afraid of talking with a murderer?
...it's got nothing to do with this current incident.
They're going to ask him, but l
don't think he's going to say yes.
l understand.
lt seems like he said okay. But since
the front entrance is blocked off, go
in by the security door around back.
-Wait a minute! -l'm going alone.
That's mean of you!
Aren't you busy with interviewing
Matsuzaki Nao yourself? Thanks.
Wait!
Hello?
Be careful when you meet Takayama Ryuji.
What happened?
Our own news section wrote a
hard hitting article about him...
...in this evening's paper. Although he's
agreed to meet you, watch out for him.
l see.
''Takayama''
Come in.
l'm Asakawa from the Chuo Shinbun.
Yoshino had some urgent matter
come up so l am here in her place.
The reason why l'm here today is...
...to ask if l killed Prof. Kaneda?
You said that curses exist.
Right now there's a rumor about a curse
spreading among high school girls.
That people will die after listening to a song.
What do you think about that?
Mr. Asakawa, do you smoke?
Let's play a game.
Take this.
There are three sticks of cigarettes here.
You are free to choose any
of them of your own free will.
Please take one.
There are 2 sticks left. Take one more.
Number 3 is left.
Take a look at that note.
l know whatever it is that you want to do.
lf you're holding back something and trying to
find out something from me, it's a waste of time.
This is a recording of Matsuzaki Nao's song.
Exactly 13 days after having watched it, people
who were completely unrelated ended up dead.
And the cause of death for
all of them was heart failure.
You also mentioned heart failure
in your thesis on African sorcery.
lnteresting.
Have you seen this?
No.
That's good. Then l'll take a look at it...
...within a month.
You've seen this video.
And thinking that you yourself
might die, you came to see me.
l'll take a look at it as soon as l can.
...before the 13th day.
You can leave this here with me.
ln any case it's a copy, isn't it?
Are you really going to watch it?
You might die.
You brought this here to have me take a look at it.
That's why you purposely made a copy for me.
You don't give a damn about my life.
Am l wrong?
Well then, if l find anything l'll get in touch with you.
l wish you all the best for the next 13 days.
lt'll take some time for the test results to come out.
lf l've really contracted a virus, l might die.
Don't talk rubbish! lt's not necessarily a virus.
Even if it is by some chance a virus, the
human body still has some ability to fight it.
Hello.
lt's Asakawa.
Mr. Asakawa?
l'm sorry, l still haven't had a chance
to check on the four deaths for you.
Ms. Reiko?
Do you believe in curses?
Curses?
l don't believe in them.
You don't think that those
four died because of a curse?
What would you do if a curse was cast on you?
Do you think you'd be afraid?
l guess l would be afraid.
Maybe so scared that l wouldn't
be able to sleep at night.
But l'd certainly do my best to get it removed.
Maybe it's idealism or just my nature,
but l've always been a fighter.
The fact is that mankind has always
fought to survive, fought to win.
No matter how impossible problems appear to be...
...people will find a way of overcoming them.
The moment we label them supernatural
powers we will be defeated.
l guess you're right.
What's wrong?
Compared to you, l'm thinking
that l'm such a coward.
What are you saying?
l'm glad l heard your voice.
What's that?
Nothing. Bye.
Papa!
What's today's menu?
Spaghetti! Okay.
l want to watch this.
Yoichi! No!
''The Railroad''
l'm sorry, l made a mistake.
You're strange, Papa.
lt's not 'papa', it's Dad.
Yes, Papa.
Watch your tape.
Oh, Yoshino!
Good evening. Yoichi said
he wanted to have sukiyaki...
...so l promised to make him some tonight.
What about checking with me first?
lt's okay. May l borrow that apron?
Tastes good?
Compared with papa's, whose tastes better?
Papa's.
Where's my report?
Takayama Ryuji.
He said that he'd think about the project.
That's it?
Well, what's going on with Matsuzaki Nao?
lt's not like you expected at all.
The manager got really angry when l mentioned
that they created the rumor to get publicity.
Anyway, it seems Matsuzaki Nao
is rather troubled by the rumor.
The agency also strongly denies the rumor.
He also said that if we start a survey on the
rumor they want to cooperate for her sake.
They suggested that if she
appears on the radio herself...
...there will be an immediate response.
On the radio...
Let me think about it for a couple of days.
Yoichi, eat more of the beef.
Yoichi, eat more vegetables.
Yoshino...
Do you believe that people can
read other people's minds?
Well, if it's you, l can!
Are you angry today or in a mood to listen?
l'm not talking about that.
When l went to see Takayama,...
...he asked me to choose cigarettes
that had numbers written on them.
So what about it?
He gives you a slip of paper
with the number 3 written on it.
Which means you'll pick the
cigarette with the number 3.
Then he asked me to pick one.
lf i had picked number 3...
That's it! lf you had picked that, he would
have said to look at the slip of paper.
But if l'd picked another number,
he would have ignored the slip...
...of paper, and asked me to
pick one of the remaining two.
lf l had picked 3 then he would've
said that was my choice.
lf l didn't pick the number 3,
he would've thrown that out...
...and the remaining one would be number 3.
No matter what, it would've been number 3.
Got it!
Bye, Yoichi!
Come by again, Auntie!
l'll come again if you don't call me auntie.
Come by again Big Sister.
See you, Senpai.
Thanks. Shall l give you a ride?
Right now you don't look like you want to.
Goodnight.
Telephone!
Hello.
Hello.
lt's Takayama.
l've watched the video and
found something interesting.
Can you come by my office?
You're a con man!
l'm going to go do some coloring.
What did you say?
That video is the real thing.
lf you don't do anything you'll die in 13 days.
l won't force you if you don't want to come,
but l'm the only one who can help you.
Well?
l no longer wish to see you.
ls that so. That's unfortunate.
That video is the real thing.
lf you don't do anything you'll die in 13 days.
''l'll be right back, sleep tight.''
Hello.
lt's Nagao. The test results are out.
lt's something totally unbelievable!
You can't read people's minds.
You just merely show what's taken for granted.
You've learned a lot.
lf you didn't do that you wouldn't
be a suitable partner for me.
Partner?
You would be of no use to my ability.
You would die after the 13th day.
l don't believe in your so-called powers.
You took the trouble to call me.
But you didn't know whether
or not l would show up...
...so you were waiting. Why?
lt's easy.
Because you also need me.
lf l die you're afraid that you
won't be able to live either.
We need each other.
Am l wrong?
You're only half correct with your conjecture.
Certainly l have interest in this curse.
For that reason l need you.
But unfortunately, l'm not afraid of dying.
Unlike you, l don't have anything to lose.
The voice l heard over the
phone was your son, wasn't it?
l have a question.
Did you really kill Prof. Kaneda by using a curse?
Yes l did.
Two days before the Professor's
death l made a call to his home.
On the right hand side of the table there is a sofa.
You're sitting on it right now.
On the table there is a bottle of whiskey just opened.
lt was not clairvoyance.
Whether the sofa and table
are on the right or left side...
...merely depends on how one looks at it.
When l said it was the right-hand side...
...he merely assumed it was correct.
What about the Whiskey?
That's even simpler.
The Professor loved to get involved.
He would attend journal discussions with...
...a bottle of whiskey once every three days.
All the whiskey bottles would be 'just opened'.
And then...
This is the last phone call l'll make.
Tomorrow it'll be too late.
Do you know the effect that had on the Professor?
He signed a contract with a home security company.
Everyone thinks that curses can
be countered by a home security...
...that is managed by computer systems.
After that, l broke into that computer system...
...causing the circuit breaker to trip that night.
Right now nothing is out of place.
Do curses really exist?
All of a sudden it's total darkness.
Your eyes will never open again.
Those were the words of my curse to Prof. Kaneda.
No matter what sort of curse you're dealing with,...
...there's always a need for
setting the stage beforehand.
That's all l started out to do.
The rest was accomplished by
the genuine power of the curse.
Please, this way.
l've transferred the video into
the computer's hard disk.
That will allow me to run various
analytical programs on it.
First, take a look at that monitor over there.
Playing it over a number of times.
l found a couple of strange messages hidden in it.
First, take a look at this faint spot on the screen.
lt appears there's something there
that you can't see with the naked eye.
However, l found these images underneath.
A baby?
Probably.
There's another image like this.
And take a look at this noise
running down the screen.
Human eyes?
When the entire image is put together...
A woman looking into a mirror!
There's one more image.
There's no message, just noise.
l found something strange.
l've analyzed this many times.
lt's a strange voice.
ls this video for real?
There is something even more terrifying.
On this screen there are hidden words.
Here.
lt's to enforce the hidden suggestions.
''A curse has been cast on you.
Thirteen days later at this time...
...you will die.
There is only one way to be saved.
And that is...''
What's after that?
What's wrong?!
The video ends here.
There's nothing else in the video after this.
12 days left...