Ring
- Year:
- 1998
- 180 min
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Caption-- �September 5th. Sunday.�
INT. OUISHI HOUSEHOLD � TOMOKO�S ROOM - NIGHT
CLOSEUP on a TELEVISION SET. There�s a baseball game on, but the sound
is turned completely down. Camera PANS to show two cute high school
girls, MASAMI and TOMOKO. Masami is seated on the floor at a low coffee
table, TEXTBOOK in front of her. Tomoko is at her desk. There are SNACKS
all over the room, and it�s obvious there hasn�t been much studying going
on. Masami is currently in mid-story, speaking excitedly.
MASAMI:
They say that some elementary school
kid spent the night with his parents
at a bed and breakfast in Izu. The kid
wanted to go out and play with everybody,
right, but he didn�t want to miss the
program he always used to watch back in
Tokyo, so he records it on the VCR in
their room. But of course the stations
in Izu are different from the ones in
Tokyo. In Izu, it was just an empty
channel, so he should�ve recorded
nothing but static. But when the kid
gets back to his house and watches the
tape, all of a sudden this woman comes
on the screen and says--
Masami points so suddenly and dramatically at her friend that Tomoko
actually jumps in her seat.
MASAMI (cont�d)
�One week from now, you will die.�
Short silence as Masami pauses, relishing the moment.
MASAMI (cont�d)
Of course the kid�s completely
freaked, and he stops the video.
Just then the phone rings, and when he
picks it up a voice says--
Her voice drops voice almost to a whisper.
MASAMI (cont�d)
�You watched it, didn�t you?� That
same time, exactly one week later...
he�s dead!
Masami laughs loudly, thoroughly enjoying her own performance.
Tomoko, however, is completely silent. She begins looking more
and more distressed, until finally Masami notices.
MASAMI:
What is it, Tomoko?
Tomoko comes out of her chair and drops onto the floor next to her
friend. Her words are quick, earnest.
TOMOKO:
Who did you hear that story from?
MASAMI:
Who? It�s just a rumor. Everybody
knows it.
TOMOKO:
Youko told you?
MASAMI:
No, it wasn�t Youko...
Tomoko looks away, worried. Masami slaps her on the knee,
laughing.
MASAMI:
What�s up with you?
Tomoko speaks slowly, still looking away.
TOMOKO:
The other day, I... I watched this
strange video.
MASAMI:
Where?
TOMOKO:
With Youko and them.
MASAMI:
(excited)
So that�s what I�ve been hearing
about you doing some double-date/
sleepover thing! So, you and that
guy Iwata, huh?
TOMOKO:
No, it�s not like that. Nothing
happened!
Their eyes meet and Tomoko half-blushes, looks away again. Her
expression becomes serious as she resumes her conversation.
TOMOKO:
Iwata... he found this weird video.
Everyone was like, �What�s that?� so
he put it on and we all watched it.
MASAMI:
(quietly)
And? What kind of video was it?
TOMOKO:
Just... weird, I can�t really explain
it. Anyway, right after we finished
watching it, the phone rang. Whoever
it was didn�t say anything, but still...
Silence. Masami curls up on herself, thoroughly spooked.
MASAMI:
Jesus.
TOMOKO:
It's cuz, you know, we'd all heard the
rumors.
Tomoko looks seriously over at her friend.
TOMOKO (cont'd)
That was one week ago today.
There is a long, heavy silence as neither of them says anything.
MASAMI:
Waaait a minute. Are you faking me
out?
Tomoko�s face suddenly breaks into a smile.
TOMOKO:
Busted, huh?
They both crack up laughing.
MASAMI:
Oh, my... I can�t believe you!
Masami reaches out, slaps her friend on the knee.
MASAMI (cont�d)
You�re terrible!
TOMOKO:
Gotcha!
MASAMI:
(thinking)
But hang on... you really stayed
the night with Youko and Iwata,
right?
Tomoko nods, uh-huh. Masami dives forward, pinching her friend�s
cheeks and grinning wildly.
MASAMI:
So, how far did you and he get?
TOMOKO:
Oh... I can�t remember.
MASAMI:
You can�t remember, huh?
Masami laughs, then slaps Tomoko on the knee again as she remembers
the trick her friend played on her.
MASAMI:
Man, you had me freaked me out.
I--
Just at that moment, the phone RINGS. They are both suddenly,
instantly serious. Tomoko�s eyes go off in one direction and she
begins shaking her head, -No-. Masami looks over her shoulder,
following her friend�s gaze.
Tomoko is looking at the CLOCK, which currently reads 9:40.
The phone continues to ring. Tomoko is now clutching tightly onto her
friend, looking panicked.
MASAMI:
(softly)
Was it true?
Tomoko nods her head, still holding on tightly. Masami has to
forcibly disengage herself in order to stand. The phone is downstairs,
so Masami opens the bedroom DOOR and races down the STAIRS. Tomoko
calls out to her from behind.
TOMOKO:
Masami!
INT. OUISHI HOUSEHOLD � STAIRCASE - NIGHT
Tomoko and Masami run down the staircase, through the hallway towards
the kitchen. Tomoko cries out again just before they reach the kitchen.
TOMOKO:
Masami!
INT. OUISHI HOUSEHOLD � KITCHEN - NIGHT
Masami has come to a halt before a PHONE mounted on the wall. She
pauses, looking slowly at her friend, then back to the phone. She
takes it tentatively from its cradle, answers it wordlessly. The
tension continues to mount as nothing is said. Masami suddenly breaks
into a huge grin.
MASAMI:
I�ll put her on.
Still grinning, she hands the phone to Tomoko. Tomoko snatches it
quickly.
TOMOKO:
(softly)
Yes?
She is silent for a moment, then smiling widely.
TOMOKO:
Oh, man!
She is so relieved that all the strength seeps out of her and she
sinks to the kitchen floor. Masami, equally relieved, slides down
the wall and sits down next to her.
TOMOKO:
(on the phone)
Yeah, I�ve got a friend over now.
Yeah. Yeah, OK. Bye.
Tomoko stands to place the phone back in its wall cradle, and then
squats back down onto the kitchen floor.
TOMOKO:
The game�s gone into overtime, so
they�re gonna be a little late.
They burst out laughing with relief again, and are soon both
clutching their stomachs.
TOMOKO:
Jeeezus, my parents...
MASAMI:
Oh man, I�m tellin� everybody about
this tomorrow!
Tomoko shakes her head, -Don�t you dare-.
MASAMI:
I�m gonna use your bathroom. Don�t
go anywhere.
TOMOKO:
�K.
Masami walks out of the kitchen. Alone now, Tomoko stands and walks
toward the SINK, where she takes a GLASS from the DISH RACK. She
then goes to the FRIDGE and sticks her face in, looking for something
to drink. Suddenly there is the SOUND of people clapping and
cheering. Tomoko, startled, peers her head over the refrigerator
door to check for the source of the sound.
She begins walking slowly, following the sound to the DINING ROOM
adjacent the kitchen.
INT. OUISHI HOUSEHOLD - DINING ROOM - NIGHT
The lights are off, and there is no one in the room. Tomoko pauses a
moment, bathed in the garish LIGHT from the TV, which has been switched
on. Playing is the same baseball game they had on the TV upstairs; the
same game that Tomoko�s parents are currently at. The VOLUME is up
quite high.
A puzzled look on her face, Tomoko takes the REMOTE from the coffee
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