Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Arata naru chônôryoku sha - full transcript
You are Mrs. Yamamura Shizuko, aren't you?
''A curse has been cast on
you. You will die in 13 days.''
You projected that, didn't you?
We've seen that video.
Come back again.
l will tell you everything then.
You have seen something that
you weren't supposed to see.
Let me go!
Let me go!
Open the door!
Senpai?
Are you all right?
Those cells are of the utmost importance!
Why did something like this happen again?
The lock was pried open. l'm sure
the cultures have been stolen.
But who would want to steal cultivated cells?
Those cells were showing unusual characteristics.
l'm afraid that this could be a contagious virus.
lf it gets out...
Follow standard emergency procedures!
But who would do this?
What's going to happen to us?
The people of Oshima owe their lives to Shizuko.
Why did they treat her like that?
Why did things turn out like this?
lf we die here no one will know.
l'm trying to think.
Stop muttering and think of something!
l'm trying. Can't you tell?
Just when we managed to find Yamamura Shizuko.
Just a little bit more...
l wonder why Yamamura Shizuko didn't tell us
what we must do?
There is one thing that you have to do.
What is it that we have to do?
The cell phone!
Where's your cell phone?
We'll be fine if we use this!
Hello? Can you hear us?
Senpai, speak! Hello! Can you hear us?
We're out of range.
lf we had fireworks, we could
send out emergency signals.
Then outsiders would know...
lt's impossible.
Do you even know what the emergency signals are?
l'm sorry!
lt's Dr. Ayano from Pathology.
He suddenly collapsed with
a high fever and has broken
out in lesions all over his body.
lt's nothing we've never seen before.
This can't be...!
You! No!
Don't do this!
Don't you have anything in your bag?
Something that's sharp?
Why would l have anything like that with me?
Nail clippers or something?
There's a pair of scissors in my sewing kit!
Get the zip!
What's wrong?
That's not going to help.
Do you smell something?
They're going to set fire to this place!
What are you doing?!
So you think it's this too?
Yes. l couldn't believe it at first,
but with those symptoms l'm sure it is smallpox.
But in 1980 the World Health
Organization said smallpox
had been eradicated.
The virus isn't supposed to exist anymore.
But the virus is part of the
smallpox vaccine and still exists.
That could be how the virus operates.
Think about the Maruburuku virus.
lt seems to disappear for a while,
remaining hidden somewhere
until its next appearance,
perhaps hiding in cells of insects
and monkeys, even human
beings, and then propagating
itself without our knowledge.
That's the way the virus continues to live.
You're suggesting the smallpox
virus has now reappeared?
Yes. Waiting for the human race
to be at its most susceptible.
What if there's some connection to those
stolen cells that we cultured
from the Yatsugatake corpse?
How could that be?
lf the cells are a variation of the virus...
lf it's smallpox, it'll be a disaster!
Why do you say it's smallpox?
That's just not possible!
There are many reasons for cells to proliferate
and mutate into a variant virus.
This is ridiculous! lf such a virus exists
we are no match for it.
lt'll be the end of the human race.
He's lighted the fire!
Yoshino! Get out of the way!
Pick up the mirror! Look!
Pick it up!
Don't move!
What's wrong?!
Run! Get out of here!
l'll figure something out.
What are you saying?! How can l leave you here?!
What's the use of us both dying?
You can still try to find a way to counter the curse!
Take care of Yoichi!
What are you doing? Go!
Are you all right?
How's his pulse?
At present, it appears normal.
We're going to ask Yamamura
Shizuko how to save ourselves.
Please wait!
Are you all right?
l thought that was the end.
You're surprisingly strong.
You really scared me with that ax!
l thought you were going to kill me.
An ax? What did l do with the ax?
l don't really remember much.
Let's go.
What?
l just saw Takayama Ryuji!
He was right here!
ldiot! What would he be doing here on Oshima?
Mrs. Yamamura...
Why?!
Another death from heart failure.
Probably.
Why did this happen?!
Look at that.
''Tei.''
Another projection?
lt's like a hint.
What if it's telling us the way to be saved?
Maybe Shizuko left this for us just before she died!
l'll call the police. Once she's examined in Tokyo,
we'll know what caused her death.
Wait a minute! lf we tell the police, we'll be detained.
They'll ask us all sorts of questions!
What were we doing here and all that.
They might even think we were the murderers!
But l know who the murderer is!
lt's Takayama!
l'm sure l just saw him.
Let's go look for him, or he'll go back to Tokyo!
l'm sure it's him!
All right! Let's do this.
l'll stay behind and get in touch with the police.
l want this body examined, no matter what.
What about me?
You go back into the city. lf you see him there,
if you find him, call me right away.
Even if you're wrong, l don't want
you taking him on by yourself.
Where's this place?!
Over there!
How can someone die...
lnside.
Where's the body?
lt was right here!
l don't see anything unusual.
But it was here!
Thanks for your help.
Are you sure you didn't dream the whole thing?
Yamamura Shizuko has been dead for over k0 years!
She died right here! Her body was right here!
That's ridiculous!
So, it must be him!
Go ask the Yamamuras! They will know about this.
How do you expect us to check up on someone
who died k0 years ago?
Are you all right?
Yes? You're sure that's what the record says?
No, l heard something rather unbelievable
so l just wanted to make sure.
ls Yamamura Keiichiro around?
Mr. Asakawa! He just left in a rush a while ago.
And he left this on the table.
''By the time you read this letter,
we will have buried Shizuko's body
deep in the Mt. Mihara range.
ln 19k7 Shizuko predicted
the eruption of Mt. Mihara.
Thanks to her, the entire village was saved.
But because of that,
Shizuko was seen as something strange
and the villagers were afraid of her.
They said that she was the cause of the disaster.
They even ordered me to kill her.
But l couldn't do that.
l told everyone that Shizuko had died
and kept her locked away in that hut in the hills.
When you were locked up in the shed
and we discovered that Shizuko had died,
l realized that now it's all over.
l don't know how Shizuko died or why.
But this is finally the end.
My daughter-in-law knows nothing about this.
For her sake, please forget
everything you've seen here.
This is my final wish.''
What are you doing?
What are YOU doing! The case is closed.
Not for me.
l've quit the police force, thanks to you.
Right now l'm looking around on a personal basis.
l followed Takayama onto the ferry.
l arrived at this island, and now l meet you.
l see.
So Takayama's really here.
Don't act dumb.
You and Takayama are in this together.
The number you are calling is out of range...
What do you want?
You know what l want.
What's your motive in all this?
What are you using us for?
You know that Yamamura
Shizuko is dead, don't you?
Did you kill her?
l don't care if that's what you think.
Are you admitting that you did it?
lf l did,
what do you think my next step would be?
You haven't even given it a thought.
lf l really did have those powers
l could silence you easily.
Would you like to find out for yourself?
Stay away from me!
You can't stay on this island much longer.
What's wrong?
Did you find Takayama?
Why didn't you call?
l tried.
l see.
And where is he?
He left on the earlier ferry.
What did he say?
He said that this island is dangerous
and that he was wrong.
He was wrong?
lt wasn't Yamamura Shizuko who imposed
those images on the video.
Somebody else is responsible for the curse.
That person killed Yamamura Shizuko.
Yamamura Shizuko was killed
trying to stop that person.
And we are no match for the killer.
Hello?
This is Ogaki from the surgical department.
Dr. Ogaki!
Dr. Miyashita.
Over here.
What is it?
l heard that you've got some
problems over at the lab.
Well, we still don't know for sure.
There's no point in hiding it.
The university's presidential
election is coming up soon.
l'd just like to give you a word of advice.
Professor Nagao has absolutely
no chance of winning.
Professor Hiyama has control of all the votes.
And how does that concern me?
Will you join us?
What did you say?!
You have no future if you stay with Professor Nagao.
Once he's gone, you'll be in charge of Pathology.
That's where professor Hiyama intends to put you.
What do you think?
l think it's a good idea to join us.
ls that all you want to discuss?
Excuse me.
Keichiro must have loved Shizuko
if he lived like that all these years.
What do we do now?
Why didn't Yamamura Shizuko
tell us how to save ourselves?
Maybe she couldn't tell us because she didn't know?
Then why did she lie and admit
that she created the video?
Maybe she knew who did it.
Maybe she was protecting that person.
That word left behind on the ceiling...
''Tei''?
What if it's the name of the murderer,
and not about how to save ourselves?
Maybe, at the moment of her
death, she wanted us to know
who made that video...
Thinking about it, that word Tei...
can also be read as Sada.
Let's look for Professor lkuma.
He was in that video we saw.
That news film.
lf Shizuko met someone
even more powerful than herself,
it would have been at Professor lkuma's place.
Once we reach Tokyo...
Something unexpected happened yesterday.
Did you find out who is responsible for the curse?
Takayama Ryuji came by yesterday.
He did? Whatever for?
He wanted to tell me that you will die soon.
Why didn't you tell me?
l really don't know much about it.
You can't possibly believe in curses?!
lt's not a matter of believing.
Then why didn't you say anything?
Tell me everything that's happened!
l can't do that.
l don't want you to be involved.
So it's just like Takayama said.
Science is useless and l won't be able to save you.
That's what he said!
l'll tell you what happened if
you promise me something.
What?
There's a video tape connected with all this.
That video tape is extremely dangerous.
You must not try to see it.
What? What dangerous video tape?
People who have seen it die 13 days later.
What are you doing?
l've asked a friend who's a pathologist
to find out the cause of those heart failures.
l've promised to tell her everything.
l'm sure she'll be able to find a hint or two.
What is this?
So you've even thought about writing letters
just in case you die. ''To my dearest Yoichi...''
And then: ''To Yoshino, my subordinate
who doesn't know anything...''
Fool.
Yoshino.
What's wrong?
Nothing. lsn't it strange?
We've got a glimmer of hope
now, so why should l be crying?
When we were locked up in that shed,
l thought it was the end,
that we'd both die.
But you were trying so hard to survive
that l made myself pretend l was okay.
And you don't even think about my feelings.
lt made me mad.
ln the end we made it out, and
l didn't even have time to cry.
l should have cried then.
Alone with you...
l should have cried then.
l'm sorry.
Well! ln the meantime we can
check up on Professor lkuma.
Hello, Kawamura? l'd like you
to check up on someone.
A Professor lkuma Heihachiro
who was on Teito University's
Literature faculty about k0 years ago.
l-ku-ma...
l'm running out of time. Thanks. l'll call you again.
Let's go! lf we miss this one
we have to wait another day.
Yoshino!
Well? Did you find anything?
Professor lkuma passed away ten years ago.
However, his wife still lives here.
l see, thanks.
What are your plans for tonight?
lf there's anything else l need, l'll give you a call.
Are you being good, Yoichi?
Papa, when are you coming home?
l'll be back tonight. But l may
be late, so you go to bed first.
l don't want to. l'm staying up.
lf you're going to be stubborn
l might forget our promise.
Even if you do l'll stay up!
Yoichi, l've got to go.
All right, stay up with Grandma.
l'll come back as soon as l can.
l can check out Professor lkuma by myself.
What's wrong?
Now that we've returned from Oshima,
you should spend some time with Yoichi.
lf l find anything l'll call you right away.
l'll go with you.
l'm the one who got you into this.
l am responsible.
l don't think of it like that.
Never mind.
We'll work together to beat this.
We won't die.
What are you doing?
So it was you who stole those cell cultures.
Who asked you to do that?
Was it Dr. Ogaki?
Or was it Takayama Ryuji?
Mai!
Mai...
My husband Heihachiro died
ten years ago from an illness.
None of his colleagues or academic peers
acknowledged his beliefs.
He was even ostracized at the university.
Did Professor lkuma believe in the existence
of supernatural powers to the very end?
Yes he did. Right up to the moment of his death,
he kept muttering the same words over and over.
''Now l know. But now that l know, it's too late.''
Could you tell us more?
Say what you want, it was that woman.
After meeting Yamamura Shizuko
my husband started behaving strangely.
This was my husband's study.
l've left it as it was when he was alive.
These are all things that l don't understand at all.
Please go ahead and look at anything you want to.
Thank you.
lsn't this Shizuko?
lt must be her.
But how come she was here when she was a child?
Wait a minute!
Yamamura Shizuko was born in 1924.
This would mean she was 2k years old at the time.
Then who is this?
Do you recall this photograph?
This is my husband and my daughter Sadako.
Sadako?!
The character for ''Sada'' in
Sadako... is it written like this?
Yes it is.
Where is your daughter?
We'd like to meet her right away!
8 days left...
''A curse has been cast on
you. You will die in 13 days.''
You projected that, didn't you?
We've seen that video.
Come back again.
l will tell you everything then.
You have seen something that
you weren't supposed to see.
Let me go!
Let me go!
Open the door!
Senpai?
Are you all right?
Those cells are of the utmost importance!
Why did something like this happen again?
The lock was pried open. l'm sure
the cultures have been stolen.
But who would want to steal cultivated cells?
Those cells were showing unusual characteristics.
l'm afraid that this could be a contagious virus.
lf it gets out...
Follow standard emergency procedures!
But who would do this?
What's going to happen to us?
The people of Oshima owe their lives to Shizuko.
Why did they treat her like that?
Why did things turn out like this?
lf we die here no one will know.
l'm trying to think.
Stop muttering and think of something!
l'm trying. Can't you tell?
Just when we managed to find Yamamura Shizuko.
Just a little bit more...
l wonder why Yamamura Shizuko didn't tell us
what we must do?
There is one thing that you have to do.
What is it that we have to do?
The cell phone!
Where's your cell phone?
We'll be fine if we use this!
Hello? Can you hear us?
Senpai, speak! Hello! Can you hear us?
We're out of range.
lf we had fireworks, we could
send out emergency signals.
Then outsiders would know...
lt's impossible.
Do you even know what the emergency signals are?
l'm sorry!
lt's Dr. Ayano from Pathology.
He suddenly collapsed with
a high fever and has broken
out in lesions all over his body.
lt's nothing we've never seen before.
This can't be...!
You! No!
Don't do this!
Don't you have anything in your bag?
Something that's sharp?
Why would l have anything like that with me?
Nail clippers or something?
There's a pair of scissors in my sewing kit!
Get the zip!
What's wrong?
That's not going to help.
Do you smell something?
They're going to set fire to this place!
What are you doing?!
So you think it's this too?
Yes. l couldn't believe it at first,
but with those symptoms l'm sure it is smallpox.
But in 1980 the World Health
Organization said smallpox
had been eradicated.
The virus isn't supposed to exist anymore.
But the virus is part of the
smallpox vaccine and still exists.
That could be how the virus operates.
Think about the Maruburuku virus.
lt seems to disappear for a while,
remaining hidden somewhere
until its next appearance,
perhaps hiding in cells of insects
and monkeys, even human
beings, and then propagating
itself without our knowledge.
That's the way the virus continues to live.
You're suggesting the smallpox
virus has now reappeared?
Yes. Waiting for the human race
to be at its most susceptible.
What if there's some connection to those
stolen cells that we cultured
from the Yatsugatake corpse?
How could that be?
lf the cells are a variation of the virus...
lf it's smallpox, it'll be a disaster!
Why do you say it's smallpox?
That's just not possible!
There are many reasons for cells to proliferate
and mutate into a variant virus.
This is ridiculous! lf such a virus exists
we are no match for it.
lt'll be the end of the human race.
He's lighted the fire!
Yoshino! Get out of the way!
Pick up the mirror! Look!
Pick it up!
Don't move!
What's wrong?!
Run! Get out of here!
l'll figure something out.
What are you saying?! How can l leave you here?!
What's the use of us both dying?
You can still try to find a way to counter the curse!
Take care of Yoichi!
What are you doing? Go!
Are you all right?
How's his pulse?
At present, it appears normal.
We're going to ask Yamamura
Shizuko how to save ourselves.
Please wait!
Are you all right?
l thought that was the end.
You're surprisingly strong.
You really scared me with that ax!
l thought you were going to kill me.
An ax? What did l do with the ax?
l don't really remember much.
Let's go.
What?
l just saw Takayama Ryuji!
He was right here!
ldiot! What would he be doing here on Oshima?
Mrs. Yamamura...
Why?!
Another death from heart failure.
Probably.
Why did this happen?!
Look at that.
''Tei.''
Another projection?
lt's like a hint.
What if it's telling us the way to be saved?
Maybe Shizuko left this for us just before she died!
l'll call the police. Once she's examined in Tokyo,
we'll know what caused her death.
Wait a minute! lf we tell the police, we'll be detained.
They'll ask us all sorts of questions!
What were we doing here and all that.
They might even think we were the murderers!
But l know who the murderer is!
lt's Takayama!
l'm sure l just saw him.
Let's go look for him, or he'll go back to Tokyo!
l'm sure it's him!
All right! Let's do this.
l'll stay behind and get in touch with the police.
l want this body examined, no matter what.
What about me?
You go back into the city. lf you see him there,
if you find him, call me right away.
Even if you're wrong, l don't want
you taking him on by yourself.
Where's this place?!
Over there!
How can someone die...
lnside.
Where's the body?
lt was right here!
l don't see anything unusual.
But it was here!
Thanks for your help.
Are you sure you didn't dream the whole thing?
Yamamura Shizuko has been dead for over k0 years!
She died right here! Her body was right here!
That's ridiculous!
So, it must be him!
Go ask the Yamamuras! They will know about this.
How do you expect us to check up on someone
who died k0 years ago?
Are you all right?
Yes? You're sure that's what the record says?
No, l heard something rather unbelievable
so l just wanted to make sure.
ls Yamamura Keiichiro around?
Mr. Asakawa! He just left in a rush a while ago.
And he left this on the table.
''By the time you read this letter,
we will have buried Shizuko's body
deep in the Mt. Mihara range.
ln 19k7 Shizuko predicted
the eruption of Mt. Mihara.
Thanks to her, the entire village was saved.
But because of that,
Shizuko was seen as something strange
and the villagers were afraid of her.
They said that she was the cause of the disaster.
They even ordered me to kill her.
But l couldn't do that.
l told everyone that Shizuko had died
and kept her locked away in that hut in the hills.
When you were locked up in the shed
and we discovered that Shizuko had died,
l realized that now it's all over.
l don't know how Shizuko died or why.
But this is finally the end.
My daughter-in-law knows nothing about this.
For her sake, please forget
everything you've seen here.
This is my final wish.''
What are you doing?
What are YOU doing! The case is closed.
Not for me.
l've quit the police force, thanks to you.
Right now l'm looking around on a personal basis.
l followed Takayama onto the ferry.
l arrived at this island, and now l meet you.
l see.
So Takayama's really here.
Don't act dumb.
You and Takayama are in this together.
The number you are calling is out of range...
What do you want?
You know what l want.
What's your motive in all this?
What are you using us for?
You know that Yamamura
Shizuko is dead, don't you?
Did you kill her?
l don't care if that's what you think.
Are you admitting that you did it?
lf l did,
what do you think my next step would be?
You haven't even given it a thought.
lf l really did have those powers
l could silence you easily.
Would you like to find out for yourself?
Stay away from me!
You can't stay on this island much longer.
What's wrong?
Did you find Takayama?
Why didn't you call?
l tried.
l see.
And where is he?
He left on the earlier ferry.
What did he say?
He said that this island is dangerous
and that he was wrong.
He was wrong?
lt wasn't Yamamura Shizuko who imposed
those images on the video.
Somebody else is responsible for the curse.
That person killed Yamamura Shizuko.
Yamamura Shizuko was killed
trying to stop that person.
And we are no match for the killer.
Hello?
This is Ogaki from the surgical department.
Dr. Ogaki!
Dr. Miyashita.
Over here.
What is it?
l heard that you've got some
problems over at the lab.
Well, we still don't know for sure.
There's no point in hiding it.
The university's presidential
election is coming up soon.
l'd just like to give you a word of advice.
Professor Nagao has absolutely
no chance of winning.
Professor Hiyama has control of all the votes.
And how does that concern me?
Will you join us?
What did you say?!
You have no future if you stay with Professor Nagao.
Once he's gone, you'll be in charge of Pathology.
That's where professor Hiyama intends to put you.
What do you think?
l think it's a good idea to join us.
ls that all you want to discuss?
Excuse me.
Keichiro must have loved Shizuko
if he lived like that all these years.
What do we do now?
Why didn't Yamamura Shizuko
tell us how to save ourselves?
Maybe she couldn't tell us because she didn't know?
Then why did she lie and admit
that she created the video?
Maybe she knew who did it.
Maybe she was protecting that person.
That word left behind on the ceiling...
''Tei''?
What if it's the name of the murderer,
and not about how to save ourselves?
Maybe, at the moment of her
death, she wanted us to know
who made that video...
Thinking about it, that word Tei...
can also be read as Sada.
Let's look for Professor lkuma.
He was in that video we saw.
That news film.
lf Shizuko met someone
even more powerful than herself,
it would have been at Professor lkuma's place.
Once we reach Tokyo...
Something unexpected happened yesterday.
Did you find out who is responsible for the curse?
Takayama Ryuji came by yesterday.
He did? Whatever for?
He wanted to tell me that you will die soon.
Why didn't you tell me?
l really don't know much about it.
You can't possibly believe in curses?!
lt's not a matter of believing.
Then why didn't you say anything?
Tell me everything that's happened!
l can't do that.
l don't want you to be involved.
So it's just like Takayama said.
Science is useless and l won't be able to save you.
That's what he said!
l'll tell you what happened if
you promise me something.
What?
There's a video tape connected with all this.
That video tape is extremely dangerous.
You must not try to see it.
What? What dangerous video tape?
People who have seen it die 13 days later.
What are you doing?
l've asked a friend who's a pathologist
to find out the cause of those heart failures.
l've promised to tell her everything.
l'm sure she'll be able to find a hint or two.
What is this?
So you've even thought about writing letters
just in case you die. ''To my dearest Yoichi...''
And then: ''To Yoshino, my subordinate
who doesn't know anything...''
Fool.
Yoshino.
What's wrong?
Nothing. lsn't it strange?
We've got a glimmer of hope
now, so why should l be crying?
When we were locked up in that shed,
l thought it was the end,
that we'd both die.
But you were trying so hard to survive
that l made myself pretend l was okay.
And you don't even think about my feelings.
lt made me mad.
ln the end we made it out, and
l didn't even have time to cry.
l should have cried then.
Alone with you...
l should have cried then.
l'm sorry.
Well! ln the meantime we can
check up on Professor lkuma.
Hello, Kawamura? l'd like you
to check up on someone.
A Professor lkuma Heihachiro
who was on Teito University's
Literature faculty about k0 years ago.
l-ku-ma...
l'm running out of time. Thanks. l'll call you again.
Let's go! lf we miss this one
we have to wait another day.
Yoshino!
Well? Did you find anything?
Professor lkuma passed away ten years ago.
However, his wife still lives here.
l see, thanks.
What are your plans for tonight?
lf there's anything else l need, l'll give you a call.
Are you being good, Yoichi?
Papa, when are you coming home?
l'll be back tonight. But l may
be late, so you go to bed first.
l don't want to. l'm staying up.
lf you're going to be stubborn
l might forget our promise.
Even if you do l'll stay up!
Yoichi, l've got to go.
All right, stay up with Grandma.
l'll come back as soon as l can.
l can check out Professor lkuma by myself.
What's wrong?
Now that we've returned from Oshima,
you should spend some time with Yoichi.
lf l find anything l'll call you right away.
l'll go with you.
l'm the one who got you into this.
l am responsible.
l don't think of it like that.
Never mind.
We'll work together to beat this.
We won't die.
What are you doing?
So it was you who stole those cell cultures.
Who asked you to do that?
Was it Dr. Ogaki?
Or was it Takayama Ryuji?
Mai!
Mai...
My husband Heihachiro died
ten years ago from an illness.
None of his colleagues or academic peers
acknowledged his beliefs.
He was even ostracized at the university.
Did Professor lkuma believe in the existence
of supernatural powers to the very end?
Yes he did. Right up to the moment of his death,
he kept muttering the same words over and over.
''Now l know. But now that l know, it's too late.''
Could you tell us more?
Say what you want, it was that woman.
After meeting Yamamura Shizuko
my husband started behaving strangely.
This was my husband's study.
l've left it as it was when he was alive.
These are all things that l don't understand at all.
Please go ahead and look at anything you want to.
Thank you.
lsn't this Shizuko?
lt must be her.
But how come she was here when she was a child?
Wait a minute!
Yamamura Shizuko was born in 1924.
This would mean she was 2k years old at the time.
Then who is this?
Do you recall this photograph?
This is my husband and my daughter Sadako.
Sadako?!
The character for ''Sada'' in
Sadako... is it written like this?
Yes it is.
Where is your daughter?
We'd like to meet her right away!
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