Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Chinmoku no uirusu - full transcript

lt's Takayama Ryuji!

He's appeared and has been arrested by the police!

Takano Mai, daughter of your adoptive parents.

She's your sister, even though
she's not a blood relation.

When your parents died and
you two grew up together,

alone, without anybody's help.

You are like a parent to Mai.

Professor Kaneda did something that hurt her.

That's why you killed him.

Was it revenge? Hatred?

l don't believe that curses can harm someone.



You'd do anything for the sake
of someone precious to you.

That's human nature.

Takayama!

Tell us.

We are like your parents.

We understand what you've gone through.

We said tell us!!

Take down his statement.

l'm sorry but l'd like to take today off.

My son isn't feeling too well.

Hey there! You should be in bed!

l'm fine. l'm going to school.

Yoichi.

Are you sure you're all right?



Tell the teacher if you're not feeling well.

This is nensha (spirit photography).

Understanding nensha is the key to your survival.

Now you should...

Projecting an image onto a video.

lf people exist with that sort of ability,

they can't possibly live hidden
away from the rest of the world.

There certainly must be some record of them.

This is the only clue l have left

that can solve this puzzle.

Oh, you're from Chuo Shinbun?!

l've already been interviewed by some reporters.

ls there something else you want?

Yes. We're doing a feature article.

What kind of feature article?

ls it possible to protect images onto a video tape

while it's being recorded? Just
like interfering radio waves can?

That's certainly possible.

The human brain has electric pulses.

Can you do it?

Yes, but l can't explain the how's and why's of it.

Well, there are many factors to consider.

Many factors?

Well, to put it another way,
this ability can be misused.

Can you show me how it's done right here and now?

You mean putting me to the test right away?

Well, it takes a tremendous amount of energy

to project an image, especially onto a video tape.

How about this? Come back in a week's time.

lsn't it possible to be quicker?

You're putting me on the spot.

But if you only want an image projected onto film,

l can do it and show you right now.

That's if you have unopened Polaroid film with you.

Polaroid?

Shall l try to project a letter of the alphabet?

Yes, how about the A from Asakawa?

Okay.

l heard about it. One of the detectives on your case

started behaving strangely.

Did you come all the way here to tell me that?

This is the data on people in the past

who had supernatural powers.

l also found a man who could
project an image onto a video.

l got him to project an image
onto Polaroid film as proof.

lt appeared on the film. Nensha lS possible.

lt's the 'A' in Asakawa.

What's so funny?

When he was doing this, was he wearing a sweater?

And did the room have carpet on the floor?

How do you know?

This is not nensha.

He used static electricity.

lf you've ever gotten an electric shock

when you reached for a door knob, then you know

that the human body can store static electricity.

lt's easy to generate electricity wearing a sweater.

Standing on a carpet, static electricity

slowly builds up in the body.

Once there is about 10 or 20 volts,

it would be easy to inscribe an image on film

with the tip of a finger.

Don't feel disappointed.

ln here there is someone with supernatural powers.

How do you know?

Think of magic tricks. Those that are fakes

desperately try to convince
others that they are genuine.

But if they are the real thing,

there is no need to convince
others that they are genuine.

So the ones who are genuine

are the ones who look the least like the real thing.

Who is it?

Answer me!

lf l do that then the game won't be interesting.

l'll tell you on one condition.

l want you to get me out of here.

You know l can't do that!

lt doesn't matter if you don't like
it. l'll be released shortly anyway.

The police are trying to come up with evidence

of the poison Gobrel.

Unfortunately, it will be impossible to prove

that the poison has anything to do with this case.

They still need evidence for a conviction.

lt will take the police a few more days to realize that.

However, l want to return to this interesting game

as soon as possible. That's what you'd like too.

How do you expect me to get you out of here?

The name of the detective in
charge of this case is Kashiwada.

He has had some problems with his family.

You're a reporter...

You want me to do something underhanded?

You must be joking!

Do you have any other choice?

Who projected those images?

This is Kawamura.

This is Asakawa. Do you remember me?

Yes, of course.

Yoshino told me that we have an enthusiastic

and excellent new worker.

Thank you very much.

Do you know anyone related to the police?

There's something l'd like you to check up on.

Miyashita, l'd like a word with you.

There's a really strange rumor going around.

lt seems that Professor Hiyama
from Clinical Medicine is trying

to undermine the other
candidates for hospital president

by stirring up a scandal

and attempting to target someone from my lab.

l can't believe it!

l don't want to believe it either.

However, until the presidential election takes place,

l'd like you to be careful. Whether or not l make it

l don't want you to get into trouble.

Speaking of which, the body of that superintendent

from Yatsugatake will be delivered here tonight.

Really?!

The other professors got
upset and asked if there was

something strange going on in my lab!

l'm sorry to put you through all this trouble.

l'd like to perform an autopsy
as soon as the body arrives.

Somehow, l think there might be a connection

with those mice.

What do you mean?

Well, obviously humans and mice are different.

But the cause of death for both was heart failure.

And it wasn't just this superintendent.

There were strange coincidences
with some other deaths.

l've spoken to a friend who works in a news agency.

You're not saying that you still think it's a virus?

l can't totally say it's impossible.

But there were no traces of any
virus in the blood of the mice.

lf it's a new strain of virus, it's
not strange if nothing's found.

lt might be that it enters into the
DNA cells of other living things

and then takes over those cells.

As long as it's hiding in those cells,

it might be impossible to see it.

Well...

Whether it's mice or humans, it's really unbelievable

that both died of heart failure all at the same time.

But the fact is, this has
happened right before our eyes.

lt would be terrible if this is
really a new strain of virus.

There isn't much dirt on Kashiwada.

Only an incident three years ago.

At the time, his son who was still in high school,

was arrested for drug possession, but the arresting

officer was under Kashiwada,
so the charges were dropped.

Well, l guess he must have done it for his family.

Mr. Asakawa, you're not going to
threaten to expose him for this...

Don't worry, l'm not going to use it for anything bad.

lt took quite a lot of trouble to uncover all this.

Please give Ms. Yoshino my regards.

l will, thank you very much.

Well, l guess he must have done it for his family.

l'll always be with you.

Let's go somewhere when you get better.

Yoichi!

Papa!

Let's go home!

All right! Pack your clothes!

What's going on?

A reward for getting better.

You've been wanting to visit grandma, haven't you?

l've got the day off too.

Are we going now?

You're feeling okay, aren't you?

Okay! Go pack!

You know Asakawa Kazayuki, don't you?

Do you know where he is right now?

He took the day off.

He took his son out of kindergarten.

Why are you telling me all of this?

What's happened to him?

Asakawa has been deeply troubled by a video tape.

As if...

Just what is on that tape?!

You know, don't you?!

lf you're that interested why
don't you watch it yourself?

Even if l tell you, you probably won't believe me.

Watch it and you can join in
this interesting game too.

How about it? Let's play together.

Grandpa! Grandma! Hello!

Hello Grandma!

Yo-chan! My, you've grown!

What's happened? This is unexpected.

Nothing. l had a day off so l decided to come visit.

This is great, isn't it?

-Where's Dad? -He's working.

Come on Yoichi, let's go.

Grandpa!

Hey! Look who's here!

Hello! How are you?

All right.

lsn't that huge?

Yuck!

You love grandpa and grandma, don't you?

Wouldn't it be nice to live here with them?

What about you, Papa?

You'll be with us too, right? Papa?

Of course. l'll always be with you.

Telephone!

Never mind. Leave it.

Hello? Yes.

Good afternoon.

Papa! lt's Yoshino...

Hello Yoshino, what's up?

l should be the one asking
you that, taking the day off...

l'm back in my hometown.

l just wanted to let Yoichi breathe the air here.

lt's great!

l just went to see Takayama Ryuji.

What?!

So there was something wrong
with that video tape after all.

What did you talk to Takayama about?

He said to watch the tape.

Don't do anything stupid!

He said to join in the interesting game.

Listen! Everything that Takayama
said is utter nonsense!

l'll decide for myself whether or not it's all nonsense.

Right now l'm going to watch the tape.

Wait a minute! Where did you get that tape?

l looked for it in your home. l just found it.

Hwo did you get into my apartment?! l locked it!

So the tape is in your apartment after all.

You...

l'm going over to look for it right now.

Don't! lf you watch the tape you will die!!!

That's the truth! Yoshino...!

Yoichi! We've got to go.

Mom! Could you look after Yoichi?

What's wrong?

l've got to go someplace.

Yoichi, l'll be right back. Stay with Grandma.

l'm coming too!

No, get out!

You're not listening to me?!

Don't! lf you watch the tape you will die!!!

That's the truth!

Listen, l'll be right back! Stay here!

Yoshino!

lsn't this just Matsuzaki Nao's music video?

Why did you watch it? Didn't l say you would die?

Die? What are you talking about?

Tomoko and her friends watched this tape at that villa

in Yatsugatake, and they died exactly 13 days later.

And so did that superintendent who watched it.

l watched it too.

No way! How can people die
after watching a video tape?

Do you really believe that?!

Five people have already died!

Stop!

Let me watch it! You don't expect
me to believe you, do you?

Something like that's just not possible.

Yoichi!

Yoichi... you didn't see that video, did you?

You didn't see it, did you, Yoichi?

The singer is scary.

You don't mean... it's real?

There was a phone call after l watched it.

No one was on the other end when l answered.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello!

Stop it.

l'll tell you on one condition.

l want you to get me out of here.

Yes, this is Kashiwada.

l'm from the Chuo Shinbun.

Do you remember a case that
happened three years ago

about five high school kids being
arrested for drug possession?

l'm sure you remember.

You were connected with that case.

We're going to do an article on it.

lt's going to be titled ''Police lnjustice''.

What do you think?

What do you want?

He's here! Takayama Ryuji has been released!

Right now he's walking towards the police car.

Mr. Takayama! Mr. Takayama!
Do you have any comments?

This doesn't mean that the
police are done with the case.

However there's no evidence against him and the law

says nothing about curses,
so Takayama's been released.

Why did you tell her?

Why did you tell Yoshino about the tape?!

Yoshino's seen the video. So has my son!

Are you satisfied now?! What did my son do to you?!

Do you know how l feel? No, you don't know.

Someone like you who doesn't love anyone

wouldn't know what it's like
to lose someone precious!

ls that all you have to say?

WHAT!!!

Let me look at the data.

You got me out for that reason, didn't you?

l'll keep my end of the bargain.

l'll tell you who's the person
with supernatural powers.

What's wrong?

Don't you want to save your son?

lt's her.

Yamamura Shizuko?

Fifty years ago she was humiliated by the media.

After that she disappeared without a trace.

Look for her first.

She knows something for sure.

ls she still alive?

Who knows.

Stop this nonsense!!

Don't you know the one and only rule in any game?

lf you think you're going to lose, you've lost.

Like you have, right now.

Where have you been?

What do you think you're doing?

l'm looking at the strange things
you discovered on the video.

You're out of line!

Look who's talking. Why did
you hide all this from me?

l have no intention of dying!

Where have l seen this mountain range before?

Come with me. There's something l want you to see.

l borrowed this tape from our own archives.

''An Unprecedented Experiment! The
Supernatural Powers of Nensha.''

October 22, Tokyo Metropolitan Hall.

An experiment on the supernatural powers of nensha

took place today. To prove
the existence of supernatural

powers, Keizo University professor lkuma Heihachiro

lnvited Yamamura Shizuko, a native of lzu Oshima,

to perform the nensha experiment.

The object of the experiment was
for Yamamura to project specific

words onto film that was sealed in a package.

A large crowd of reporters watched the experiment.

However, no matter how many times she tried,

there was no resulting image on the film.

The crowd was angry and
disappointed at the outcome,

and disorder broke out inside the hall.

You're saying that that woman
projected those images

onto the video?

Takayama Ryuji said that it was a possibility.

Takayama Ryuji?! What's wrong with you?!

How can you believe what he says?

ln the first place, this experiment failed k0 years ago!

lf she was a fake do you think she would have failed?

lf she really was fake, she would have prepared

some sort of trick. She wouldn't have failed like this.

Well, if you put it that way...

According to Professor lkuma,
Yamamura Shizuko felt evil

in those reporters around her, willing her to fail.

When she felt the media around her urging her to fail,

there was nothing she could do.

After that incident, Yamamura Shizuko returned

to her hometown.

lf she is still alive she should be in Oshima.

You're not saying that you're
going to Oshima, are you?

Yes. lf l leave tonight l'll be there by morning.

This isn't like you! All this talk about nensha!

l'm sure there's a more plausible explanation!

l feel the same way!

That's why l've used the past
three days searching for a clue.

And this is the answer l've arrived at.

Are you coming with me to Oshima?

l'm sorry. l absolutely can't bring
myself to believe in nensha.

l'll find some other explanation.

Dr. Miyashita...

The body has arrived from Kofu Medical University.

l'll be right there. Send the
body over to the autopsy room.

This is a swan. Blow into it.

Hello? Oh, Kazuyuki!

Thanks for looking after Yoichi.

lt must be tough on you too,
having to go on a business trip

so suddenly. Take care of yourself.

ls Yoichi there?

Papa...

Listen to what grandma says and be a good boy.

When are you coming back?

As soon as l can.

You promise?

l promise.

Cross your heart?

Goodnight.

Right now we're about to start on the autopsy.

An autopsy has already been performed on this body.

The cause of death was heart failure and nothing

unusual was found. However, there is still doubt

as to what caused the heart failure.

Please inform the rest of us if you find anything,

no matter how trivial it may seem.

All right, let's start.

Yoshino?

l've decided to come to Oshima with you after all.

When l was in grade school,

we were supposed to go on
an excursion trip to Oshima.

l was looking forward to it, but l
caught a cold on the day before

we were to leave and couldn't go.

l just remembered.

You...

We might find some clues in Oshima.

You've found something? What is it?

l'll tell you when we get to Oshima.

Tell me now.

No. lf l'm wrong, you'll get mad again.

l will not.

You will!

Aren't you afraid?

You might be dead in 13 days.

You're such a fool.

Of course l'm scared!

But l don't regret having seen that video tape.

lf l hadn't seen it...

l wouldn't have known how much you were suffering.

l wouldn't have known when
you'd disappear without a trace.

When l think about that, l don't regret any of it.

Nothing at all.

This is strange!

Probe!

Brother! Stop it, Brother!

Unu wa de-sen...

Yogora o ageru.

10 days left...