Ringu

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Ring

Nanako Matsushima

Miki Nakatani

Hiroyuki Sanada

Based on the novel The Ring

by Koji Suzuki

Screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi

Directed by Hideo Nakata

Sunday, September 5

A grade-school boy took a trip to Izu with

his family, and they stayed in a cabin.

He wanted to go out and play...

but there was a TV show

he didn't want to miss.

So he recorded it on the VCR in their room.

But the channels down there

are different from Tokyo's.

No station there uses that channel,

so nothing should've been recorded.

But when he played it back at home,

a woman appeared on the screen and said:

"You will die in one week."

The kid stopped the tape,

and then the phone rang.

"You saw it."

And the kid died a week later!

What's wrong, Tomoko?

Who told you that story?

- Everybody's talking about it.

- Was it Yoko?

No, not her.

What?

I saw a weird video the other day.

Where?

With Yoko and the others.

Is it true

that you all went on a trip somewhere?

Nothing happened!

But that night...

Iwata found this weird video,

and we all watched it.

What was it like?

It's hard to say.

As soon as it ended, the phone rang.

But nobody was there.

Scary.

Everyone else had heard that story.

Today will be one week.

Come on!

You're just trying to scare me!

How did you know?

I can't believe it!

You're so easy to fool.

But did you really spend the night there

with Iwata?

- So what happened?

- I'm not telling!

- Confess!

- It's a secret.

It was true, wasn't it?

Masami!

Masami!

Hello?

Hold on a sec.

Hello?

It's you, Mom!

A friend came over.

Okay.

Got it.

All right, all right.

Extra innings. They'll be late.

My parents shouldn't have scared me

like that!

Look who's talking.

I'm going to tell everyone tomorrow.

I'm going to the bathroom.

Don't go upstairs without me.

Sure.

On the mound, Takasu, the third player...

Everyone's talking

about this deadly video...

Yes.

- Have you heard what's on it?

- Yes.

- Don't look at the camera.

- Sorry.

One more time.

Have you heard what the video is like?

I heard that suddenly

there's this scary woman...

who says, "You will die in one week."

They say she appears

when you watch late-night shows on TV.

And then the phone rings.

Late-night shows on TV? What channel?

I heard it was on a local channel

down in Izu.

- Izu?

- Yeah.

And is there really anyone

who died a week later?

No one that we know.

Well...

What?

A high school student I know told me...

a girl who watched it died in a car

on a date with her boyfriend.

- An accident?

- No. They were found dead in a parked car.

He watched the video, too.

It was in the paper a few days ago.

Do you know which high school

she went to?

No. My friend heard it

from a friend of hers.

- Ms. Asakawa.

- Yes?

- Here.

- Thanks.

About ten years ago...

a star killed herself,

and people saw her ghost on TV.

Yeah, but this time everyone mentions

the Izu Peninsula for some reason.

Well, maybe that's where this one started.

Where did the story start

about the woman with torn lips?

I think it was Gifu.

There was a big traffic accident there

and that's how it started.

A big accident?

These stories get started

when people die horrible deaths.

- Did something happen in Izu then?

- I don't know. Well, I have to go.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Young Couple Found Dead in Car

A 19-year-old Tokyo boy

and a 17-year-old Yokohama girl...

were found dead in a car

on the morning of Sept. 6

Take care of it, okay?

I thought you were leaving early today.

- Okazaki, will you do something for me?

- Sure.

Can you find out which high school

she went to?

No problem.

- Call me when you find it.

- Okay.

Yoichi!

Sorry I'm late. You changed already!

I got your clothes ready, too.

Thanks. We need to hurry.

Did Grandpa call?

No.

How come Tomoko died?

Probably some disease.

Zip me up.

Do young people die, too?

Sometimes they get sick.

But don't talk about that

at Aunt Yoshiki's, okay?

It's too painful for her.

Yeah.

Tomoko used to play with you, didn't she?

Dad.

How's sister?

She's lying down. Better leave her alone.

I'll go help.

Yoichi, you come sit here.

Excuse me.

Reiko.

- Does anyone know how Tomoko died?

- No, I don't.

But the police did an autopsy!

But there was no evidence of a crime.

People don't just die like that.

And they never opened the coffin.

Isn't that strange?

Yoichi.

Don't play in this room.

- Let's go downstairs.

- Okay.

- Go ahead.

- Okay.

Hello?

It's Okazaki.

I found the name of the high school.

Seikei Girls' School in Yokohama.

Thank you.

In Loving Memory-Seikei Girls' School

Yoko died, too.

Yeah, and Iwata, too...

Sorry to interrupt.

Was the girl who died in the car

a friend of yours, too?

If there's anything you know...

All of them died on the same day.

Yoko and Tomoko.

And Iwata had a motorcycle accident.

- They saw the video.

- The video?

Yoko told us

they'd all seen this weird video.

When it was over, they got a phone call.

Tomoko saw it, too? Where?

They all went

and spent the night somewhere.

A girl was with Tomoko when she died.

She went insane and was hospitalized.

She never goes anywhere

where there's a TV.

The girl was Tsuji Yoko, 17,

a senior at Seikei Girls' School.

The boy was Nomi Tadahiko, 19,

a Junior College student.

The car doors were locked.

I've never seen a corpse

look like that.

Cause of death?

Unknown. Their hearts simply stopped.

Drugs?

Nothing in the autopsy.

They went up there to make out,

then they suddenly died.

It doesn't make any sense.

I heard that Yoichi came to the funeral.

Yes.

He used to go upstairs

and play in Tomoko's room.

He did.

Photo development receipt

This is where I found Tomoko dead.

Tomoko!

Izu Pacific Land

Izu...

I might be late tonight.

Put your supper in the microwave. Okay?

- Mom?

- Yeah?

Tomoko watched the cursed video.

Why would you say that?

Don't talk about that at school.

I won't. I'm going to school now.

Monday, September 13

Izu Parkway

This is crazy!

Izu Pacific Land

...enjoy our hot springs...

...the instructor will

teach you thoroughly...

- Wow, this is roomy!

- Yes, it is.

"My dad's fat. So is my mom.

So I'm fat, too."

Are you here alone?

Yeah, I'm working.

These four people stayed here

on August 29.

Did you notice anything unusual?

Just a minute. August 29...

That tape...

That one.

What is it?

This one?

Someone must have left it.

Eruption

Sada

One week!

Tuesday, September 14

Is Yoichi in elementary school already?

First grade.

So how are you, Ryuji?

The same.

What do you do?

Teach at a university.

So then there was a phone call?

Yes.

So this phone will ring after I see it?

Four people died, all on the same day!

Then get exorcised.

Take my picture.

Face this way.

Hurry up and take it!

It's over.

No phone call.

Copy this for me. I'll

take a good look at it.

You can't be sure that you're going to die.

It's a video. Someone made it.

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