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''After 13 days, the people who videotaped this drama were...''

Three months earlier...

Hey, go take a look. l hit something.

Three Months Later...

''...the next song is very popular among high school girls.

lt's Matsuzaki Nao's...''

Reiko, what are you doing? On a drive?

That's great! l'm stuck at home.

lt's been two weeks since then.

Nothing's happened.

lt's the 13th day?

Just a second...

What's going on?

lt's nothing. l'll talk to you tomorrow.

Hang in there.

Mom? You're back?

Mom?

Mom?

Somebody! Help me! Help!!

Just a while earlier...

Yoichi's been waiting all alone.

Here.

Yoichi!

Papa!

Mr. Asakawa...

Please be sure to come for Yoichi by 8 o'clock.

Understood.

l'm sorry, l got caught up with work.

lt's okay.

l'll make you something delicious.

So what's on today's menu?

Hamburger!

l'm going to buy tomorrow's breakfast.

l'll come too.

No candy allowed.

What's going on?

Yoichi, wait right here.

What's wrong?

Hey! What's wrong?!

Hang in there!

Call an ambulance!!

ls he all right?

Can you call for an ambulance?!

Make sure you dry yourself thoroughly.

Papa, it hurts!

You shouldn't say ''papa'', you should call me Dad.

Papa!

What's wrong, Yoichi?

You saw some scary things tonight.

lt's all right, there's nothing to be afraid of.

l'm right here with you. Don't worry.

Supernatural phenomena.

are either illusions, tricks, or science.

All of the so-called phenomena fall into these categories.

Sometimes, they can be explained by science.

That was Prof. Kaneda who says that there is no such thing as supernatural phenomena.

What's your opinion, Mr. Takayama?

l think Prof. Kaneda's opinion is merely one of arrogance.

There are still many things that exist which cannot be explained by science.

Prof. Kaneda's analysis is primitive and shallow.

What did you say?!

Merely the truth. Curses exist.

lt has been recorded in certain religions that the shaman uses curses to kill people.

l was wondering what you were trying to say.

So that's it. Utter nonsense!

l can put a death curse on you.

lf l put a curse on you that you'll die in three days, you will die in three days.

What are you saying?

Are you afraid of being cursed?

Mr. Takayama, wait a minute!

This is interesting. Let's see you do it.

lf l am still alive after 3 days, you'll have to admit you were wrong.

Then we'll find out in three days.

We have suddenly moved away from the topic of discussion, but according to Mr. Takayama...

This is really boring.

The following day...

Senpai!

Oh, Yoshino!

You look busy.

lf you can see that it means you haven't quite made it.

Have you come up with anything yet?

l've hit on an idea for a special article and thought that l'd ask you about it first. Don't be surprised.

l think it's about time you get to the point.

What's this?

ldol singer Matsuzaki Nao. Right now there's a strange rumor spreading among high school girls.

That Matsuzaki Nao has been cursed.

There are different versions of the rumors.

Now there's one that people die after listening to her songs.

Hey, does that mean that after listening to you that l'll die too?

Are people taken in that easily?

Well...

See?

You're really something!

Whether the rumor is true or false isn't the important thing but rather how that rumor started and how it spread.

People are always curious about how rumors start, aren't they?

l intend to probe around and see what comes out.

l wonder if l should pay that very popular academic Takayama Ryuji a visit and then write the article.

Takayama Ryuji?

That guy who appeared on that ridiculous program last night?

You saw that?

l'll come for lunch too! Wait for me!

You don't really take that fraud seriously do you?

l understand if you're reporting about his love affairs and his various activities, but l'm sure there are others at the office who do this.

l wonder...

l'm serious!

Even if curses exist, don't you think there are other more concrete and realistic issues to report?

Well, then again, l'm not your boss, so you don't have to pay any attention to my words.

You really would like to go back to the news section don't you?

Not particularly.

Why are you being so evasive?

l understand that since your wife died you've had a hard time looking after Yoichi.

But it's such a waste for you to carry on like this.

lt's none of your business.

lf... l'm just saying if...

lf you get on your knees and ask me to be Yoichi's mother, l'll agree.

l am responsible for bringing up Yoichi.

He can become what l can't.

What do you mean?

Lots of things. Like an astronaut, or a pro baseball player. Or if possible, both.

You're a fool.

Your phone...

Hello, this is Asakawa. Oh, Brother...

Sister...

Kazuyuki!

l am shocked. Tomoko was only 18, wasn't she?

And she died of heart failure?

Well... Follow me.

The police came by earlier.

They said they'll carry out an autopsy.

They must be investigating...

They think that it might not be her heart.

She's too young. On top of that, the conditions surrounding her death were also very strange.

Her expression was one of absolute terror.

Both her hands were grabbing her head like this.

She had pulled out some of her hair.

You're not saying... that she was on drugs or something?

The police say that is a possibility as well.

She was at the age where we never knew where she was or what she was doing.

Two weeks ago she went with her friends to Yatsugatake.

She said that she actually didn't know who she was going with.

We were really worried.

She must have received some kind of shock at the time.

lt can't be...!

''Strange Death of a young couple''

''...the couple died of heart failure.''

Hello, this is Yoshino.

You have a junior colleague in the news section, don't you?

You mean Kawamura?

This is everything?

You're not hiding anything, are you, Kawamura?

l'm not. By the way, l've got two tickets to the movies.

Thanks. l'll call you again.

That certainly is a strange case.

The deceased are Noumi Takehiko, age 20, a student at Toushi Prep School, and Tsuji Yoko, age 17.

Both were second year students at Fujino High School.

They died in their car by the river.

A lovers' suicide?

That's what the people at the news desk thought initially.

But do you think these are the images of a couple

Committing suicide together?

lf this was a suicide, normally the couple would be embracing.

But these show that at their moment of death, they were desperately fighting to get out of the car.

Has an autopsy been done?

lt was heart failure.

Both of them at the same time?

Strange, isn't it? But the results were clear that it was heart failure.

lt also looks like the police aren't pursuing the matter any further.

What about drugs?

According to the results, there were none.

Was the time of death verified?

Yes, very clearly.

Apparently at the moment of death the watch on the boy's hand stopped. They think that it broke when he died.

The time of death was last night at 8:kk.

What about that boy on the bike?

lt didn't appear in the newspaper.

His name was lwata Shu...

Have you found something?

Truth is, last night, the same thing happened.

More sudden deaths caused by heart failure.

One of them was this boy on the bike called lwata.

The other was the niece of my late wife.

Hello?

This is Takayama.

There's only two days left. How are you feeling?

Why are you calling me?

Stop this nonsense right now!

On the right side of the table there is a sofa.

You're sitting on it right now.

On the table there is a bottle of whiskey just opened.

Where are you watching me from?

There's no point in looking outside.

l am in my home far away from you.

lt's clairvoyance. You know that too, don't you, Professor.

lt's the ability to see things and scenes from a different place.

At this very moment l can see you as if you were in my hands.

What are you saying?

Do you know of a young girl called Takano Mai?

There was such a student in one of my seminars.

l'm sure you know her well.

So what about her?

Thanks to you, she's now mentally ill.

She'll never return to the happy state she was before.

That's got something to do with you as well!

Mai...

lt's a bit far fetched...

Hello. Oh, Kazuyuki.

lwata Shuichi? Tomoko's friend?

l don't know.

What about Noumi Takehiko or Tsuji Yoko?

Have you ever heard of these names?

Has this got anything to do with the case?

l don't know. Right now l'm just curious.

l'll ask my wife. Wait a minute.

She's never heard of any of them.

By the way, the results of the autopsy are out.

lt was heart failure.

We were worried but she wasn't on drugs.

My wife's finally calmed down.

l too... have accepted that Tomoko's gone.

''Musashino Medical University''

lt's been a long time!

What brings you here so suddenly?

l'd like to ask you something.

Four people died the same way at the same moment in different places.

The cause of death has been classified as heart failure.

However the four of them were all healthy.

They took drugs on the same day?

Which day, what hour, what time...

They made an agreement to take some drug.

But there was no trace of drugs in their autopsy reports.

So you're saying...

A new virus. One like the AlDS virus still undiscovered.

But even if the people get the virus on the same day, there's still the difference among individuals.

lt's hard to believe that people would die at the same moment.

So that's it!

You're finally back to being the reporter you used to be.

No l'm not.

But if left alone, it'll just be thought of as coincidence.

One of those people who died was Shizuka's niece.

All right, l understand. l'll look into it.

Let me take a look at the autopsy reports.

Thank you.

''Dr. Miyashita, please return to the Laboratory.''

What could it be?

Then l'll leave now.

You don't have to just yet.

Yoichi doing fine?

lt's been three years since Shizuka's death.

l wasn't by her side when she died.

Rather than leave Yoichi alone,

l transferred to the editorial department.

These cells have been introduced to the genes.

With regards to the genetic...

Professor...

Ah, my apologies, you have a visitor with you.

Excuse me, Miyashita. Please come by my office later.

All right.

My boss, Professor Nagao.

He's running for president of the university.

lf he becomes the president maybe we can get a little increase in our grant.

Look at this.

We're doing genetic experiments on mice.

They're doing battle with human cancer cells.

This one doesn't seem to be doing too well.

Let's separate it from the rest.

Yoichi...

Tomoko isn't here anymore?

She's gone to a place far, far away.

A place far away?

She isn't here anymore.

She isn't?

This is Takayama.

Finally, there's only a day left.

lf you've got something against me, why don't you file a police report and come after me fair and square?

Don't misunderstand. l'm merely doing a simple experiment to prove the existence of curses.

That's preposterous!

This is the last phone call l'll make.

The power of a curse is real.

l'm the only one who can set you free.

However, tomorrow will be too late.

What would you like me to do?

This is a surprise. You, too, are wavering!

l am not! Curses do not exist in this world!

You've just lost your last chance.

You will die tomorrow by the power of a curse.

A strange light will appear in front of you.

From the back of the light a girl will come seeking revenge.

And she'll kill you.

Your eyes will never, ever, open again.

Are you done with work?

Yeah, just a half day today.

Have you found out anything else?

lsn't this the Rainbow Resort Club?

You've heard of it?

lt's hard to get into this club.

The entrance fee's expensive, and they're strict with their screening.

You can use all the villa resorts in the whole country.

l found it in Tomoko's bedroom.

l asked her family but no one knows anyone called Nonoyama.

l thought it might be a lead so l took it with me.

Wait a minute!

That might turn out to be a great lead!

This card would be very important to this Nonoyama.

lf he lent it out to someone, he would surely get in touch right away to get it back.

But then again, why hasn't he called for it?

That's true.

That's right!

Nonoyama surely wanted to return the card.

But he couldn't do that.

Because the person he loaned it to must not be alive anymore.

Let's go ask him about those three people who died.

He's back.

Leave it to me. l'll get the information out of him.

Nonoyama Yuki?

Yes?

This is yours, isn't it?

l lent it to a friend.

But if you don't return it l'll be in trouble.

That guy died in a motorcycle accident...

That guy was lwata Shuichi?

Yes.

lt's not a good idea to lend out your card to other people, is it?

lf the club finds out they'll cancel your membership.

Everyone does it.

Everyone? That would make an interesting expose.

So what did lwata use this card for?

He said that he went to a villa in Yatsugakake with a high school girl.

Oh yes, another couple went with them as well.

What were their names?

l don't know.

How could you not know?!

lt had nothing to do with me!

Thank you very much. Here's your card.

Just a few more questions...

lt's enough. The girl who went with lwata Shuji to the villa was Tomoko.

Apparently, two weeks ago, Tomoko went with friends to Yatsugatake.

Most likely the other two were Noumi Takehiko and Tsuji Yoko.

You're saying that...

Two weeks ago the four of them rented a place in Yatsugatake.

And maybe...

Something happened while they were there.

Hello, Prof. Kaneda? This is Hosono from Channel 2.

There was great public response to the program the other day.

We were planning to do a broadcast of the program tonight, at 12 midnight, when the time limit of the curse ends.

We were thinking of broadcasting it live nationwide.

What do you think?

Professor? Are you there?

lnteresting.

lt's interesting. Do it!

That guy is always around me, watching my every move.

But if your people are around me...

lnteresting... This is really interesting.

Tsukada, Professor Kaneda said okay.

Next, Mr. Takayama...

Yoshino...

You said before that you wouldn't mind becoming Yoichi's mother, didn't you?

Why are you bringing that up?

l just feel that you and Yoichi get along very well together.

lt's an important matter. Don't bring it up now!

You don't like the idea?

lt's not that...!

Okay then. You free tonight?

Well... yes...

Papa!

You're early today.

Here, for you.

Yoichi...! Hello.

Yoichi, l've got to keep on working tonight.

Tonight Yoshino will stay with you, okay?

Okay.

What's today's menu?

Mapo tofu.

The ingredients are in the fridge.

What's the meaning of this?!

l'd like you to look after him tonight.

-l'm going to Yatsugatake. -l'm coming with you.

-No you don't! -Why not?!

Listen! The four people who stayed there died mysteriously two weeks later.

l'm not letting you go to such a dangerous place.

The key's in the letter box. l'll be back in the morning.

l'd like to rent a villa.

Sure. They're mostly empty today.

A friend of mine stayed at one of the villas here.

Two weeks ago a Mr. Nonoyama came here.

Mr. Nonoyama? Two weeks ago...

Yes. Four of them. They stayed in B-4.

l'll take that please.

Two weeks ago, four people stayed in this house.

What happened here?

Just maybe, something might happen to me.

Although the thought might be a little childish.

But just in case something does happen...

l intend to have everything recorded.

What did the four of them do here?

How was dinner?

l see. Are you sleepy?

Yoichi, look after the house.

''Journey memories.''

A recording journal. l'll write something too.

''Tomoko and Shuichi's Love Message Board''

''We're going to watch it now. This is the real rumor.''

''We finally saw it. At this moment all of us are fine.''

''We're a little disappointed. We're leaving it here.''

''Those of you that are brave enough, watch it. 8:kk PM.''

What did they watch?

A video?!

A video?

Yes, l think Nonoyama and company rented one.

Two weeks ago...

Nope, there's no record of that here.

But they did leave something behind.

A video tape?

Yes. When l cleaned the place up l found it.

Where did l put it...

Ah, this is it.

May l borrow that?

Sure. Just as a precaution l watched it too, but there's nothing interesting in it.

l'll return it.

ldol singer Matsuzaki Nao.

People die after listening to her songs.

That's ridiculous!

Dying after listening to a song!

Hello.

Hello.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

ls it really possible that a curse can be placed on someone?

We'll find out together in a moment.

How are you feeling at this moment, Prof. Kaneda?

Like normal. There is no such thing as a curse.

Excuse me...?

Just as a precaution l watched it too.

This...

13 days left...