Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Kon'ya Sadako ga arawareru - full transcript

Do you remember this photograph?

This is my husband and my daughter Sadako.

Sadako?!

Where is your daughter?

We'd like to meet her right away!

Even if you ask, l...

l haven't seen Sadako in years.

As soon as she graduated from high school,

she said she wanted to become
an actress and left home.

She joined Hisho, the theatrical group.

But l guess she must have gotten
involved with bad company.



Anyway, she hasn't been back since then.

lt's late but you can call me if
you want to know anything else.

l wonder what's with her.

She hasn't seen her in years.

l guess it's the same with the picture.

An old coin purse?

ls it Shizuko's?

lt's a hair clip.

lsn't it the same as this?

So that's it!

Sadako isn't her daughter!

She must be the daughter of
Professor lkuma and Shizuko.

lf you think about it, that's the only way

to explain her resemblance to Shizuko.



Left without any choices,

the professor's wife brings up Sadako as her own.

Perhaps Sadako was unhappy here

and left home as soon as she
graduated from high school.

This is probably Sadako's don't you think?

''The devil has been set forth into the world.

Soon the world will be destroyed by hatred.''

Thank you very much.

l'll see you tomorrow. We'll check out

the theatrical company first thing in the morning.

Where shall we meet?

You go to work tomorrow.

After all, you can't take too many days off.

That's okay.

No, it's not.

l'll handle the rest from now on.

l don't want you involved any more.

Why?!

You, of all people, should realize
how dangerous Sadako is!

''The Devil has been set forth into the world.

Soon the world will be destroyed by hatred''.

You can't tell if that's really Sadako's...

The reality is that five people saw the tape

and are dead now. And not only that...

Sadako must have killed her own mother

after a lifetime of hatred.

Sadako knows about us.

She even knows our every move.

So what?! lt's dangerous for you too!

-l said no. -l'm going.

-Don't be stubborn. -l'm not being stubborn!

That's enough!

Do you hate me that much?

Am l just in your way?

lf l'm gone,

who's going to save Yoichi?

Papa!

Have you been good?

Did you thank Grandma for looking after you?

After today, l have eight days left.

l don't have much time left with Yoichi.

The danger before me

is coming fast.

lf these images were really done by Sadako,

five of the riddles are solved.

Mt. Mihara is Sadako's hometown.

The girl reflected in the mirror
is Sadako's mother, Shizuko.

''You will give birth to a baby next year.''

This would be Shizuko's baby.

That would leave only the baby.

Would that be Sadako herself?

And the man with the wound on his shoulder...

Who is he?

Abe stole the experiment data?

There's a possibility that he's
done it many times before.

What for? What use would experiment data be?

l wonder if he was asked to steal it.

What are you doing?

So it was you who stole those cell cultures.

There certainly are lots of people who would like to

get their hands on out data.
For example, drug companies

could threaten us and profit from all this.

Those cell cultures...

Mai... lt's all right.

There's nothing to worry about.

Mai...

Good morning, Yoshino.

Did the material on Professor lkuma help?

Yoshino! Clear up all that work today.

You've had two days off so
it's time to get back to work.

l hear you went to Oshima?

How did you know?

There's a rumor floating around the office.

Who did you go with?

Does it matter?

Tell me!

Yoshino, it's Kuramoto's farewell
party tonight. You'll come, right?

We've also made restaurant reservations. Okay?

What if...

Dr. Takayama isn't here today.

What about his address?

l'm afraid l can't tell you that.

Excuse me, could you come here for a second?

This group was founded in 1963.

lt received a lot of notice
back when it was established,

but since then, members have changed.

lt's been a long time since the media has come

to do an interview with us.

Actually, l'm not here for an interview today.

l'm here to look for an actress
by the name of lkuma Sadako.

l understand she joined the group in 1966?

What do you want from her?

Nothing really. l just came to give her my support.

ls she still here?

No way! She was with the group for only a year.

She left suddenly.

After that, l haven't had any contact with her.

Could you tell me whatever you know? Please.

lkuma Sadako was very talented.

The moment she stepped onto the stage,

she would change completely.
lt was as if she really became

the person in the drama.

She had great impact.

Not long after she joined the group,

She took the leading role in a play as Salome.

Even now that performance is
seen as legendary in our world.

There's no doubt that if she had continued

she would have become Japan's
greatest actress of all time.

Why did she leave so suddenly?

She eloped. The man was
also a member of the troupe.

l guess the two were attracted by mutual loneliness.

That's all l know.

l've got to get back to work.

But the group at the time...

l really don't know anything else!

You're welcome to support and interview us,

but if you're here for anything more than that,

you should leave.

Excuse me.

You are looking for lkuma Sadako, aren't you?

Yes, do you know anything?

l met her recently.

lt appears to be a suicide. He left a note.

lt's my fault.

Nonsense!

l put him on the spot.

Where are those cell cultures?!

Say something!

Do you know what you've done?!

People might die if those cell cultures get released!

lf that happens, you'll be the one responsible!

Stop it!

l didn't even think about Abe's feelings.

Maybe he was even trying to help me.

lt's not your fault.

What you said was perfectly reasonable.

You will be stunned into tears of despair

when you realize how powerless science can be.

This is Sadako.

But in all of them she's in costume and makeup.

None of them show what she really looks like.

l'm playing one of Sadako's old roles.

Salome?

Yes. lt's a lot of pressure.

Where did you meet Sadako?

Three days ago at the rehearsal hall.

l was rehearsing late into the night.

Then at midnight...

That was Sadako?

Yes, that's what she said.

Of course, since l never knew Sadako

l don't really know if it was her.

But if it really was Sadako,

she would have played Salome
for sure, so l asked her...

Please do Salome for me.

l'm certain she was lkuma Sadako.

Well, many people have the script for Salome.

lt's not that.

She was just muttering the lines from the play,

but l knew right then...

How do l put it?

l was really moved.

Then l asked her to come to the rehearsal hall again.

Sadako will be coming to the hall again tonight.

Hello?

Anyone home?

l'm Yoshino from Chuo Shinbun.

ls Mr. Takayama...

l'm here to see Mr. Takayama.

Takayama Ryuji.

How come that doll doesn't have a head?

l'm sorry.

Excuse me.

What do you want?

The thesis that you wrote is similar
to the one written in the past.

Professor lkuma Heihachiro's
experiments and results

appeared in medical journals.

You recently visited Professor
lkuma's home, didn't you?

l just got confirmation from the professor's wife.

You knew Professor lkuma and Yamamura Shizuko

had a daughter named Sadako.

You made us find out about Sadako. Was it all a plan?

Why do you think that?

You killed Yamamura Shizuko, didn't you!

l didn't see her in Oshima.

Just like the way you killed Professor Kaneda...

Yamamura Shizuko possessed supernatural powers.

There's no way that l could ever match her.

This is not as simple a game as you think it is.

A game?

Other than Sadako herself,

no one knows the purpose of the game she's created.

The result will be that

either everyone survives or everyone dies.

There is nothing you or l can do
except what destiny decides.

Rieko.

Can l come over right now?

l need to talk to you.

Rieko?

l'm sorry, l can't help you anymore.

What's happened?

l used to come here often with my wife.

l really would like to see Shizuka.

lt's already been three years. How time flies.

Shizuka used to tell me, ''You'll never get married.''

l've been very arrogant and thought l could

do everything by myself.

Two days ago when Takayama Ryuji paid me a visit,

he told me to stop culturing the cells

or something terrible would happen.

He said that l would be stunned into tears of despair

when l realized how powerless science could be.

lt's happening just like he said it would.

No, it's not.

You're working at the medical university.

No matter how hard you try,
there will be people who die,

people you can save, and people that you can't.

The majority of experiments end up in failure.

That's something to be expected.

Even news reporters make mistakes

and end up hurting people.

lt gets depressing but l don't
believe that l am helpless.

lf l did, it would be the end of everything.

Those cell cultures have been stolen,

but they are around someplace.

The human race has always
been able to overcome disease,

no matter what.

lf you still believe in yourself,

then whatever Takayama Ryuji said is wrong.

Let's eat.

The food's getting cold.

Thanks for everything.

l've always wanted to talk to you like this.

Yoshino! Let's go!

l'm sorry l can't take you home.

l'm going to see lkuma Sadako right now.

When you see her, are you going
to ask her to lift the curse?

Curses don't exist.

l think that too.

But l don't really know whether they do or not.

lf they do exist, where does that leave us?

l wasn't the only one.

Yoichi saw that video too.

l'm going to follow any lead, no matter how weak.

l won't let anything slip by.

Hello?

l hear you're going to see lkuma Sadako.

Yes, l'm on my way right now.

You don't know the depth of Sadako's hatred.

lf you get in her way,

you will be killed.

Just like Shizuko was.

l don't have any other choice.

l can't sit back and wait.

l'm sorry.

Let's call it a night.

Wait for me. l'm leaving too.

How come the TV's on?

What's wrong?

''A spell has been cast on you.
Hatred gives birth to hatred.''

One in four people in the world will die.

This world will be destroyed!

What happened?

You don't remember?

You've got to be kidding!

l'll be damned if l'm going to die like this!

l regret to say

that l have returned alive.

So Sadako made her appearance.

No.

The girl from the theatrical company

tried to kill me.

That was Sadako.

Sadako possessed that girl's body.

There's no doubt Sadako was there.

When l was in Oshima

l felt an exceptionally strong force of revenge.

lt was the first time l ever felt afraid.

That was Sadako.

Really.

So that's why you left and came back.

Weren't you just afraid of dying?

What l'm waiting for is more
terrifying than death itself!

A spell has been cast on you.

Hatred gives birth to hatred.

Sadako said that one in four
people in the world will die.

She said she would destroy the world.

One in four people...

So the game isn't over yet.

What?

The fun is just about to start.

Welcome back.

l'm sorry l woke you up.

Work's really tough, isn't it?

A spell has been cast on you.

Hatred gives birth to hatred.

You will give birth to a baby next year.

The unconscious can become real?

Yes. That girl is playing a lead
role for the first time, isn't she?

She must be feeling the pressure of that role.

lt's the same role that the
talented lkuma Sadako played,

so she may be thinking of herself as Sadako,

and becoming even more stressed.

Actresses first and foremost want to have
the acknowledgement of other people.

But she had the strength to overpower me.

That also can be explained by physical science.

lt has been shown what people can do if
pushed beyond the limits of the human mind.

There is a vast difference between the
strength that we possess in everyday
life and our physical strength in a crisis.

But what about the TV that wasn't plugged in?

An oscillator. When there's a current

there can be electric waves.

Even if the power supply is cut off,

it's possible to turn an apparatus on again.

l don't know why anyone would
want to do something like this.

But there's no need to use
supernatural powers to do it.

Then what l saw was...

lf Sadako really possessed that girl's body,

then it's possible that the girl would say something

that only Sadako would know.

Only something that Sadako would know?

Yuko, please take care of data for me!

Nakayama, get those photographs ready.

Akiko, line 2 for you.

Hello, this is Yoshino.

This is Takayama.

What's wrong, Dr. Miyashita?

What is it that you wanted to talk about?

Have you been in touch with Asakawa?

No.

Sadako appeared in front of Asakawa last night.

These are the words Sadako left behind.

l've found the answer.

What you have to do to be saved.

What?

lf you understand that message
on the note, it'll be clear.

Why these words?

Figure it out for yourself.

Whether you live or die depends on you.

lf you know, tell us! We're running out of time!

Then l'll give you a hint.

All right? Think about it carefully.

''A spell has been cast on you.''

This refers to that video tape.

''One in four people in the world will die.''

The world will be destroyed.''

Just one video tape.

How do you suppose one in four people will die?

That's... That's not possible.

There's only one way.

Sadako knows that.

Stand in her shoes for a minute and think.

What is she trying to get us to do?

''Hatred gives birth to hatred.

One in four people in the world will die.''

lt is an easy mathematical problem.

The answer is right in front of you.

However, l'm warning you...

Only death and suffering await.

Stop this nonsense!

l said l didn't know anything more about Sadako!

She left with that guy on her own accord!

She's got nothing to do with us anymore!

Don't pretend you don't know!

You know for sure!

On this very day 32 years ago

you killed someone.

You used me!

Sadako?

Did you say Sadako?

lt's none of your business. Get out!

What happened 32 years ago?!

lt's an easy mathematical problem.

lf Sadako really possessed that girl's body,

then it's possible that the girl would say something

that only Sadako would know.

On this very day 32 years ago

you killed someone!

You used me!

''Bank employee with stolen cash
killed. Crushed by falling beam.''

The world will be destroyed.

Don't worry.

l'll be with you to the end.

Yoshino!

What's wrong?

l've found the answer.

The answer? The way to survive?

What's wrong? What's happened?

6 days left...