1 00:00:22,924 --> 00:00:28,931 From The Ring O Production Group 2 00:00:30,331 --> 00:00:34,677 An Asmik-Ace Production 3 00:00:44,913 --> 00:00:47,450 So, what's in this video? 4 00:00:49,417 --> 00:00:50,862 Come on, Yukiko! 5 00:00:52,053 --> 00:00:55,296 You saw it, didn't you? You can tell me! 6 00:00:58,293 --> 00:00:59,931 What? No way! 7 00:00:59,994 --> 00:01:02,065 I'm not watching it! 8 00:01:08,236 --> 00:01:09,374 A well? 9 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:12,240 Yeah. 10 00:01:15,476 --> 00:01:18,616 Last night I had this weird dream. 11 00:01:20,248 --> 00:01:21,955 There was a well in it. 12 00:01:24,185 --> 00:01:26,165 A real old one. 13 00:01:26,921 --> 00:01:30,733 The edge had crumbled away. 14 00:01:31,626 --> 00:01:33,367 Inside it was pitch-black. 15 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:36,641 I couldn't see anything. 16 00:01:46,908 --> 00:01:49,946 The house looked empty. 17 00:01:55,483 --> 00:01:57,963 I went inside. 18 00:02:02,357 --> 00:02:05,600 The place was a ruin. 19 00:02:13,067 --> 00:02:15,946 There was a flight of stairs. 20 00:02:18,773 --> 00:02:23,552 I went to go up it, but something told me I absolutely shouldn't. 21 00:02:24,779 --> 00:02:28,249 I just stood there. I couldn't move. 22 00:02:40,428 --> 00:02:44,968 30 Years Before 23 00:02:51,606 --> 00:02:53,017 Mrs. Sudo. 24 00:02:53,675 --> 00:02:57,213 There's a reporter to see you. In there. 25 00:02:58,413 --> 00:02:59,585 Thank you. 26 00:03:10,558 --> 00:03:13,869 Miyaji, from Chuo Nippo. 27 00:03:17,799 --> 00:03:21,747 You taught a Yamamura Sadako 11 years ago. 28 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:33,984 I'm afraid there's no picture of her. Would you like to look? 29 00:03:35,950 --> 00:03:39,796 She came into the school after the year had started. 30 00:03:39,854 --> 00:03:43,734 Then her mother died and her father came for her. 31 00:03:43,791 --> 00:03:45,930 They left the island. 32 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:48,870 Dr. Ikuma Heihachiro? 33 00:03:48,930 --> 00:03:53,606 Yes. Sadako was just here till the middle of second term. 34 00:03:55,002 --> 00:03:57,243 What was she like? 35 00:04:01,943 --> 00:04:06,358 A very intelligent girl. Very pretty. 36 00:04:08,449 --> 00:04:10,520 I went to see her relatives. 37 00:04:12,386 --> 00:04:15,299 They wouldn't talk to me. 38 00:04:16,858 --> 00:04:21,136 There was all that trouble over her mother, Shizuko. 39 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:23,801 Her suicide and all... 40 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:31,651 Did Sadako have the powers her mother did? 41 00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:35,116 That I wouldn't know. 42 00:04:37,712 --> 00:04:39,350 Only... 43 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:49,090 ...Sadako was terribly afraid of the sea. 44 00:04:49,891 --> 00:04:51,734 The sea? 45 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,368 All those children in the picture drowned. Fourteen of them. 46 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:02,279 One swimming class, 47 00:05:02,336 --> 00:05:04,475 they went to the beach. 48 00:05:04,539 --> 00:05:07,884 Sadako was simply terrified. 49 00:05:08,910 --> 00:05:12,881 "If you go in the sea, you'll all die," she said. 50 00:05:28,930 --> 00:05:32,036 No luck! No one knows where Dr. Ikuma went! 51 00:05:33,601 --> 00:05:34,944 Miyaji! 52 00:05:38,306 --> 00:05:43,551 Sadako was the only one who didn't go swimming. 53 00:05:43,611 --> 00:05:48,993 She just sat all hunched up on the beach, staring at the sea. 54 00:05:49,050 --> 00:05:53,624 Then from out in the bay, 55 00:05:53,688 --> 00:05:56,692 the kids all started screaming... 56 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:35,864 RING O "BIRTHDAY" 57 00:07:22,576 --> 00:07:26,319 "If I could be reborn, 58 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:30,089 even though it violates the will of God himself, 59 00:07:30,151 --> 00:07:34,224 I would want to be at your side..." 60 00:07:35,056 --> 00:07:37,263 ...with you. 61 00:07:39,193 --> 00:07:41,571 If it were all a dream, 62 00:07:41,629 --> 00:07:43,973 when I awoke, 63 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:46,739 if only you were there. 64 00:07:46,801 --> 00:07:52,149 But the light of morning shows me as I really am. 65 00:07:52,206 --> 00:07:53,810 Okay! 66 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:56,081 Enough. 67 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,884 Take a break. 68 00:08:01,449 --> 00:08:06,330 We'll break for lunch. Everyone back in an hour. 69 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:13,962 Aiko's not herself lately. 70 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:17,370 Maybe if Mr. Shigemori wasn't so irritable... 71 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:22,074 - Where should we have lunch? - I don't care. 72 00:08:22,136 --> 00:08:25,242 You're no fun! 73 00:08:26,073 --> 00:08:28,417 What?! 74 00:08:28,476 --> 00:08:30,422 What are you staring at? 75 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:32,254 Creep! 76 00:08:40,388 --> 00:08:46,134 You know, Aiko and Shigemori got along fine before that girl came. 77 00:08:46,994 --> 00:08:48,769 What do you mean? 78 00:08:48,829 --> 00:08:52,709 Nothing... just the feeling I get. 79 00:08:56,470 --> 00:08:58,643 Sadako, huh? 80 00:08:58,706 --> 00:09:03,280 She works really hard and she's so pretty, 81 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:06,218 but she is a little strange. 82 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:03,844 So, getting used to life in Tokyo? 83 00:10:05,973 --> 00:10:07,043 Yes. 84 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:14,551 Last time I gave you a fairly strong tranquilizer. 85 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:18,290 Are you still seeing strange things? 86 00:10:22,323 --> 00:10:23,427 No. 87 00:10:25,693 --> 00:10:28,230 I'm sure it's just nerves. 88 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:32,539 It's a psychogenic disorder. 89 00:10:37,905 --> 00:10:42,581 I feel more relaxed since I joined the drama troupe. 90 00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:44,589 You do? 91 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:48,684 Certainly, performing has therapeutic value. 92 00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,956 Do you like the troupe? 93 00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:54,755 Yes. 94 00:10:56,857 --> 00:11:01,499 Amazing! So drama is the best medicine. 95 00:11:23,918 --> 00:11:25,090 Sadako. 96 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:30,597 Don't be too enthusiastic. People won't like it. 97 00:11:32,826 --> 00:11:33,827 Okay.)'- 98 00:11:48,943 --> 00:11:50,616 Come in! 99 00:11:50,678 --> 00:11:53,955 Your dresses are done. 100 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:55,459 Hang them there. 101 00:12:01,989 --> 00:12:06,096 Aiko, you've been looking a little pale. Are you all right? 102 00:12:08,462 --> 00:12:11,306 - Since that girl came... - Who? 103 00:12:14,635 --> 00:12:17,411 Oh, Sadako. 104 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:23,484 I keep seeing something behind her. 105 00:12:25,045 --> 00:12:26,456 Here we go again! 106 00:12:27,448 --> 00:12:29,428 And a well too. 107 00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:33,223 A well? 108 00:12:35,723 --> 00:12:39,261 I keep having these bad dreams. 109 00:12:42,096 --> 00:12:46,408 I go into a house by the well 110 00:12:46,467 --> 00:12:48,970 and there's stairs leading up... 111 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:56,052 ...but I'm too terrified to go up them. 112 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:06,520 What? 113 00:13:09,356 --> 00:13:11,267 I've had the same dream. 114 00:13:27,107 --> 00:13:30,213 She was found in the river this morning. 115 00:13:31,278 --> 00:13:34,987 She fits the description of the missing girl. 116 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:37,788 A scar on her face? 117 00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:38,989 Doctor! 118 00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:43,700 Is it her? 119 00:13:50,731 --> 00:13:52,904 - Anna! - Don't look! 120 00:13:55,269 --> 00:14:00,617 She would hate to think you'd seen that ugly scar. 121 00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:05,586 I don't care how she looks! 122 00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:10,825 If only I'd gone to see her in the hospital! 123 00:14:13,287 --> 00:14:14,595 Don't blame yourself. 124 00:14:20,361 --> 00:14:23,899 There's no mistake. That is my daughter. 125 00:14:27,201 --> 00:14:28,578 I'm sorry. 126 00:14:31,171 --> 00:14:34,015 It may all be for the best. 127 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:39,752 She might just as well have been dead before this unfortunate accident. 128 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:42,352 Doctor! 129 00:14:44,218 --> 00:14:47,324 Doctor! Have you seen my daughter?! 130 00:14:47,388 --> 00:14:50,699 She left your hospital four days ago! 131 00:14:51,425 --> 00:14:55,237 Once a patient sets foot outside my hospital, 132 00:14:55,295 --> 00:15:00,142 she is my patient no longer. Where your daughter may be, 133 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,838 I have no idea. 134 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:04,246 But that corpse in the river! 135 00:15:04,304 --> 00:15:05,942 Was it her?! 136 00:15:06,006 --> 00:15:07,314 Unfortunately, 137 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,618 it is my daughter who is dead. 138 00:15:11,512 --> 00:15:12,582 What?! 139 00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:16,292 lam the one in need of sympathy. 140 00:15:17,885 --> 00:15:22,334 I must prepare for her funeral. If you would excuse me, 141 00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:29,039 I would like to spend today alone with my daughter. 142 00:15:39,706 --> 00:15:41,743 Right! Okay. 143 00:15:41,809 --> 00:15:44,688 On to scene two. We'll take a short break. 144 00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:04,067 Aiko? 145 00:16:13,874 --> 00:16:15,478 Aiko? 146 00:16:28,856 --> 00:16:33,327 I understand you studied under Dr. Ikuma Heihachiro. 147 00:16:34,228 --> 00:16:36,572 That's correct. 148 00:16:36,630 --> 00:16:40,578 But his ESP research was too much even for me. 149 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:45,946 In the end, he recanted his own theories. 150 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,782 And you agree with that? 151 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:50,321 Of course. 152 00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:55,389 Do you remember... 153 00:16:57,885 --> 00:17:03,892 ...the experiment that got him driven out of the profession? 154 00:17:03,957 --> 00:17:05,868 Yes. 155 00:17:05,926 --> 00:17:07,906 And that a man died? 156 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:11,409 There was no connection. 157 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:15,011 This is a tape of that day. 158 00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:17,507 Correct! 159 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:20,176 Correct! 160 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:24,484 Fraud! 161 00:17:24,545 --> 00:17:28,391 It's nothing but a vulgar magic show! 162 00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:32,658 - Don't be fools! - Dr. Ikuma! You're being deceived! 163 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,339 What's wrong?! 164 00:17:43,397 --> 00:17:45,035 She's a freak! 165 00:17:51,338 --> 00:17:54,683 That noise appeared only on this tape. 166 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,285 Can you explain that? 167 00:18:00,314 --> 00:18:02,191 No. 168 00:18:04,651 --> 00:18:07,894 It's more than one man who died. 169 00:18:09,623 --> 00:18:11,364 In the last 12 years... 170 00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:17,636 ...everyone who was there has died. 171 00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:23,446 Not one of the reporters at that demonstration is alive today. 172 00:18:28,642 --> 00:18:32,385 Do you have any idea where Dr. Ikuma might be? 173 00:18:38,819 --> 00:18:40,924 No. 174 00:18:40,988 --> 00:18:42,968 Or his daughter Sadako? 175 00:18:43,857 --> 00:18:45,165 I don't know. 176 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:52,235 So we don't even know yet when the funeral will be. 177 00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:56,941 - Do we open or not?! - Wait! Wait a minute! 178 00:18:57,004 --> 00:18:59,006 Listen! 179 00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:01,882 Losing Aiko is a heavy blow. 180 00:19:01,942 --> 00:19:05,719 But we must carry on with the play. 181 00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:08,521 She'd have wanted that. 182 00:19:08,582 --> 00:19:12,291 Now, I want you all to listen carefully. 183 00:19:12,352 --> 00:19:17,631 I've decided our apprentice, Yamamura Sadako, will take the part. 184 00:19:18,592 --> 00:19:19,832 That's all. 185 00:19:22,796 --> 00:19:25,140 Mr. Shigemori! Hey! 186 00:19:43,116 --> 00:19:44,959 Why her? 187 00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:47,798 Ignore them. 188 00:20:18,485 --> 00:20:19,657 Okay! 189 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,994 Places! 190 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:42,845 Hello? 191 00:20:44,211 --> 00:20:45,383 Hello? 192 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,223 Who is this? 193 00:20:49,683 --> 00:20:51,629 Why do you never speak? 194 00:21:02,129 --> 00:21:04,769 - Andrei... - Anna? 195 00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:06,071 Is that you? 196 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:09,336 Anna! 197 00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:13,578 Do you know what will happen?! 198 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:16,178 Was that Andrei? 199 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:22,420 You died in that accident. 200 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:26,487 And soon you will be reborn! 201 00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:33,627 Reborn? 202 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:37,870 Yes! 203 00:21:47,574 --> 00:21:48,712 If... 204 00:21:51,011 --> 00:21:53,116 ...I could be reborn... 205 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:59,759 ...even though it violates the will of God himself... 206 00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:05,796 ...I would want to be at your side... 207 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:09,902 ...with you. 208 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:17,342 If it were all a dream... 209 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:21,180 ...when I awoke... 210 00:22:25,045 --> 00:22:27,286 ...if only you were there. 211 00:22:31,351 --> 00:22:34,855 But the light of morning shows me as I really am. 212 00:22:38,592 --> 00:22:40,868 Still I want to say it... 213 00:22:43,296 --> 00:22:44,707 ...I love you. 214 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:52,109 Good night. 215 00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:58,450 Good night. 216 00:23:06,453 --> 00:23:08,091 Sadako! 217 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:11,968 It'll be great. 218 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:17,070 Thanks. 219 00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:19,269 Mr. Toyama... 220 00:23:28,975 --> 00:23:30,454 Don't look! 221 00:23:32,913 --> 00:23:34,586 No! 222 00:23:35,148 --> 00:23:36,559 It wasn't me! 223 00:23:38,218 --> 00:23:39,356 Sadako! 224 00:23:49,529 --> 00:23:51,805 - What did you see? - Toyama... 225 00:23:52,699 --> 00:23:53,700 Yes? 226 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:56,839 We don't have much time. Are you all ready? 227 00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:57,938 No. 228 00:23:58,004 --> 00:24:01,315 So you're going to be working all night. 229 00:24:04,144 --> 00:24:07,387 About your cue here, 230 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:10,451 take two beats after the light comes on. 231 00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:15,967 Raise the tempo, but don't lose the tension. 232 00:24:35,108 --> 00:24:36,314 Here. 233 00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:48,723 Listen to this. 234 00:24:49,723 --> 00:24:51,600 What? 235 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:06,474 Hear that? 236 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:08,712 What is it? 237 00:25:08,775 --> 00:25:11,722 This tape was on when Aiko died. 238 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,952 That noise wasn't there before. 239 00:25:16,016 --> 00:25:18,292 So it got put in after? 240 00:25:27,427 --> 00:25:30,897 Was that someone saying, "You will die"? 241 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,321 Rain, huh? 242 00:25:58,458 --> 00:25:59,937 Your mother? 243 00:26:06,866 --> 00:26:08,777 She's dead? 244 00:26:18,845 --> 00:26:20,188 Go away. 245 00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,677 I'll make you a star. 246 00:26:44,771 --> 00:26:46,773 I can do that, you know. 247 00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:10,671 It's late. Why not stay the night? 248 00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:12,403 Yes, that's best. 249 00:27:12,465 --> 00:27:16,572 I can't. Tonight I'm to meet with a friend... 250 00:27:50,069 --> 00:27:51,412 Still here? 251 00:27:51,471 --> 00:27:53,280 Waiting for Toyama. 252 00:27:54,207 --> 00:27:57,245 I've got to alter Sadako's dress. 253 00:27:57,310 --> 00:28:01,053 Let her do that. She's just an apprentice! 254 00:28:01,114 --> 00:28:03,492 That's not an actor's job. 255 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,136 If you like. But Sadako and Toyama have been acting funny. 256 00:28:18,198 --> 00:28:19,905 I'd watch out. 257 00:28:25,171 --> 00:28:27,447 - See you. - Good night. 258 00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:36,309 Did you see Sadako here? 259 00:30:36,369 --> 00:30:37,473 No. 260 00:30:38,671 --> 00:30:40,582 Somethings strange... 261 00:31:15,475 --> 00:31:16,579 Sadako? 262 00:31:27,286 --> 00:31:29,766 So you took the dress! 263 00:31:29,822 --> 00:31:31,301 What for?! 264 00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:35,003 - Me? - Don't play dumb! 265 00:31:35,061 --> 00:31:37,007 Hey... 266 00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:40,704 It's like Kaoru said! Since she came... 267 00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,508 Stop it! 268 00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:02,493 I'm sorry. 269 00:32:03,823 --> 00:32:06,269 Sometimes I do things 270 00:32:06,325 --> 00:32:10,000 and I don't remember them. 271 00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:17,013 Last night, Mr. Shigemori came to my apartment... 272 00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:22,341 ...and I don't remember. 273 00:32:29,549 --> 00:32:34,259 Sadako, won't you tell me what it is that scares you? 274 00:32:40,126 --> 00:32:43,630 There's someone here with me. 275 00:32:49,669 --> 00:32:51,842 Even now? 276 00:32:51,904 --> 00:32:53,508 It's not someone... 277 00:32:54,373 --> 00:32:56,250 ...that I don't know. 278 00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:02,857 It's like a long, long time ago... 279 00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:08,455 But I only remember fragments 280 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:11,867 from when I was a child 281 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:19,103 and there's something there that terrifies me. 282 00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:27,377 Mother. 283 00:33:28,508 --> 00:33:29,748 Mother. 284 00:33:30,943 --> 00:33:33,150 Who is my father? 285 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:49,203 You were dreaming. 286 00:33:57,870 --> 00:34:00,908 You fainted. Do you remember? 287 00:34:21,127 --> 00:34:22,572 There's only coffee. 288 00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:31,373 Sadako. 289 00:34:34,140 --> 00:34:36,381 There's no one here, is there? 290 00:34:57,563 --> 00:34:58,871 What? 291 00:35:04,704 --> 00:35:05,705 Sadako! 292 00:35:42,942 --> 00:35:46,321 Yamamura Sadako Resume 293 00:35:51,183 --> 00:35:54,062 Dr. Kuno, please. 294 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,066 - Oh, Dr. Kuno. - Yes? 295 00:35:56,122 --> 00:35:58,102 Someone to see you. 296 00:35:58,157 --> 00:36:02,503 I'm Tachihara Etsuko. I'm in Yamamura Sadako's troupe. 297 00:36:03,295 --> 00:36:06,674 She gave your name as a reference. 298 00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:10,113 I'm sorry, I'm very busy. 299 00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:15,580 Doctor! 300 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:20,181 Someone in our troupe is dead. Right out of the blue. 301 00:36:22,381 --> 00:36:26,796 Strange things have been happening since she came. 302 00:36:28,988 --> 00:36:33,232 Is there something unusual about Sadako? 303 00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:37,399 I'm afraid I'm not in a position to say. 304 00:36:58,117 --> 00:37:01,098 "The Mask", by Shigemori Isamu Starring Yamamura Sadako 305 00:38:12,558 --> 00:38:13,730 Toyama... 306 00:38:16,095 --> 00:38:19,372 ...keep away from Sadako. Please! 307 00:38:22,668 --> 00:38:25,649 I met this doctor who knows her. 308 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:30,381 She's hiding something! 309 00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:32,479 Not from me. 310 00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:35,952 Oh'? 311 00:38:36,015 --> 00:38:39,155 Mr. Shigemori's gone all weird. 312 00:38:39,218 --> 00:38:41,459 You've noticed that, haven't you? 313 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:50,667 Everyone says it's because of Sadako. 314 00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:55,406 And it's not just him! 315 00:38:55,467 --> 00:39:00,780 They say Aiko dying was her fault too! 316 00:39:10,149 --> 00:39:12,390 She's not normal! 317 00:39:18,057 --> 00:39:19,661 Places, everyone. 318 00:39:22,962 --> 00:39:24,441 Get out, will you? 319 00:39:43,282 --> 00:39:44,989 That's Mr. Shigemori. 320 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:48,361 - Please. - Thank you. 321 00:39:57,496 --> 00:40:01,638 I'm from Chuo Nippo. My name is Miyaji. 322 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:04,112 I realize you open tomorrow. 323 00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:08,140 Thank you for taking time for us. 324 00:40:08,207 --> 00:40:09,515 Not at all. 325 00:40:10,643 --> 00:40:15,319 I understand you've chosen a new actress... 326 00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:18,986 ...for the lead role. 327 00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:21,589 Yep. 328 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:24,963 That's her. 329 00:40:40,172 --> 00:40:44,621 If I could be reborn, even though it violates the will of God himself... 330 00:40:51,717 --> 00:40:54,630 - May I talk to her'? - Certainly. 331 00:40:55,854 --> 00:40:56,958 Sadako! 332 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,952 Miss Yamamura Sadako? May we have a word? 333 00:41:53,545 --> 00:41:55,491 Miyaji. 334 00:41:58,484 --> 00:41:59,485 That's her. 335 00:42:02,154 --> 00:42:04,691 Find out where we can reach her. 336 00:42:16,101 --> 00:42:19,378 Miyaji! There's someone here from Oshima Island. 337 00:42:19,438 --> 00:42:20,678 Over there. 338 00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:26,118 What brings you all this way? 339 00:42:28,514 --> 00:42:34,226 There was something I just couldn't bring myself to say when we last met. 340 00:42:35,454 --> 00:42:38,663 I've never told this to anyone. 341 00:42:40,392 --> 00:42:42,872 It's about the Yamamuras. 342 00:42:42,928 --> 00:42:48,810 I called on them once after Sadako was put into our school. 343 00:42:55,574 --> 00:43:00,182 By then, her mother, Shizuko, had gone strange. 344 00:43:27,773 --> 00:43:32,483 Suddenly, there was no one else around. 345 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:46,733 I heard a crawling sound coming from upstairs. 346 00:44:04,209 --> 00:44:09,625 After that, I was always afraid of the child too. 347 00:44:12,217 --> 00:44:14,254 I'd think crazy things... 348 00:44:16,121 --> 00:44:18,294 ...like which Sadako... 349 00:44:19,558 --> 00:44:21,560 ...was at school today... 350 00:44:39,645 --> 00:44:40,715 Well? 351 00:44:42,581 --> 00:44:44,151 See for yourself. 352 00:44:53,192 --> 00:44:56,765 The whole troupe is cursed. 353 00:44:59,765 --> 00:45:01,244 And the one of me? 354 00:45:16,114 --> 00:45:18,594 There are other people in the picture. 355 00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:23,355 The reporters who died after Dr. Ikuma's demonstration. 356 00:45:31,630 --> 00:45:36,045 Dr. Ikuma claimed intention could become a living thing, 357 00:45:37,869 --> 00:45:42,011 that human thought could change to energy. 358 00:45:43,475 --> 00:45:45,318 But is that all it is? 359 00:45:46,878 --> 00:45:50,291 Maybe it's another force that summons Sadako. 360 00:46:04,329 --> 00:46:06,605 A second one. 361 00:46:08,467 --> 00:46:13,212 Anyway, this is one article you won't be able to write. 362 00:46:13,272 --> 00:46:16,913 This was never for an article. 363 00:46:32,858 --> 00:46:34,360 Thanks for everything. 364 00:47:07,526 --> 00:47:10,666 Don't you like having your picture taken? 365 00:47:12,331 --> 00:47:15,039 I've finally remembered 366 00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:17,512 who your mother was. 367 00:47:19,938 --> 00:47:21,918 I remember the story. 368 00:47:23,942 --> 00:47:28,391 She killed a man during some kind of experiment. 369 00:47:29,548 --> 00:47:31,050 She didn't! 370 00:47:31,116 --> 00:47:34,097 Aiko's death was no accident. 371 00:47:35,687 --> 00:47:40,227 You'll do anything to be a star, won't you. 372 00:47:46,031 --> 00:47:48,102 Wait a minute. 373 00:47:48,867 --> 00:47:51,541 Was it you who killed that reporter? 374 00:47:56,641 --> 00:48:01,852 Just the woman I've been looking for! You're perfect for an actress! 375 00:48:07,486 --> 00:48:11,298 Sadako, do you intend to kill me? 376 00:48:13,325 --> 00:48:15,601 You like Toyama that much? 377 00:48:17,596 --> 00:48:20,099 If I die, I'll take you with me. 378 00:48:21,466 --> 00:48:23,878 I'll tell everyone. 379 00:48:27,272 --> 00:48:29,343 They won't let you live. 380 00:48:33,545 --> 00:48:35,252 You're mine. 381 00:48:56,535 --> 00:48:57,980 Is that you? 382 00:48:58,036 --> 00:48:59,310 No! 383 00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:02,910 It's not me! 384 00:49:06,545 --> 00:49:07,717 No! 385 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:16,292 Mr. Shigemori! 386 00:49:16,354 --> 00:49:18,027 You bastard! 387 00:49:24,663 --> 00:49:26,233 Toyama! 388 00:49:29,568 --> 00:49:31,639 You won't kill me! 389 00:49:31,703 --> 00:49:33,011 Mr. Shigemori! 390 00:49:34,673 --> 00:49:36,414 Toyama, don't! 391 00:49:41,913 --> 00:49:45,656 Please! Keep away from me! 392 00:50:42,841 --> 00:50:44,718 You're hurt! 393 00:50:48,413 --> 00:50:51,121 Hold on, Toyama! 394 00:50:52,417 --> 00:50:53,828 Let me in there! 395 00:51:00,025 --> 00:51:01,698 The wounds closed up. 396 00:51:02,994 --> 00:51:04,632 A deep cut like that. 397 00:52:03,922 --> 00:52:08,837 Etsuko? This is Miyaji, the reporter from earlier today. 398 00:52:08,893 --> 00:52:11,032 I need your help. 399 00:52:14,566 --> 00:52:17,740 They'll find Mr. Shigemori in the morning. 400 00:52:19,070 --> 00:52:21,050 I'll confess. 401 00:52:22,674 --> 00:52:23,744 No! 402 00:52:27,245 --> 00:52:29,486 I won't let them torment you. 403 00:52:29,547 --> 00:52:32,790 - No! - It's the only way. 404 00:53:07,485 --> 00:53:08,725 Your hand's hot. 405 00:53:09,921 --> 00:53:11,901 It has been for a while. 406 00:53:52,097 --> 00:53:54,976 Okay, time for TV. 407 00:53:55,934 --> 00:53:57,413 Are you cold? 408 00:53:59,070 --> 00:54:02,677 I'll get you a drink of water. You wait here. 409 00:55:23,021 --> 00:55:24,898 Is that the end of it? 410 00:55:37,368 --> 00:55:38,608 Go get changed. 411 00:55:42,941 --> 00:55:46,582 Sadako! Go to the dressing room! 412 00:55:46,644 --> 00:55:48,021 Quick! 413 00:56:03,862 --> 00:56:06,604 Where's Shigemori? He's vanished. 414 00:56:07,665 --> 00:56:12,080 - What do we do? - We can't cancel. We'll go on. 415 00:56:39,898 --> 00:56:41,377 Mr. Toyama... 416 00:56:50,875 --> 00:56:54,823 When this is over, let's go away somewhere. 417 00:56:55,980 --> 00:56:57,186 Don't worry. 418 00:56:57,248 --> 00:56:59,660 You'll be great. 419 00:57:06,658 --> 00:57:08,069 You're beautiful. 420 00:57:11,529 --> 00:57:14,169 We're going to open the doors! 421 00:57:21,472 --> 00:57:22,883 It's all right. 422 00:57:58,676 --> 00:58:00,121 I love you. 423 00:58:25,136 --> 00:58:28,845 The girl touched him, and suddenly he stood up! 424 00:58:28,906 --> 00:58:31,011 - Watch him. - Doctor! 425 00:59:38,676 --> 00:59:40,815 - How much? - Eight hundred yen, please. 426 00:59:42,613 --> 00:59:43,683 Your change. 427 00:59:50,988 --> 00:59:52,467 Doctor! 428 00:59:56,461 --> 00:59:57,804 Is it her? 429 01:00:03,968 --> 01:00:06,312 - Anna! - Don't look! 430 01:00:06,370 --> 01:00:08,145 She would hate to think... 431 01:00:09,574 --> 01:00:12,612 ...you'd seen that ugly scar. 432 01:00:13,878 --> 01:00:16,188 I don't care how she looks! 433 01:00:18,950 --> 01:00:22,397 If only I'd gone to see her in the hospital! 434 01:00:24,989 --> 01:00:26,798 Don't blame yourself. 435 01:00:30,895 --> 01:00:32,568 There's no mistake. 436 01:00:34,098 --> 01:00:35,543 That is my daughter. 437 01:00:39,971 --> 01:00:41,314 I'm sorry. 438 01:00:44,242 --> 01:00:46,449 It may all be for the best. 439 01:00:47,211 --> 01:00:52,559 She might just as well have been dead before this unfortunate accident. 440 01:00:53,284 --> 01:00:54,388 Doctor! 441 01:00:57,822 --> 01:01:00,803 Could you come here a minute? 442 01:01:10,601 --> 01:01:12,342 Mr. Shigemori's dead! 443 01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:18,351 Sadako! 444 01:01:18,409 --> 01:01:20,150 She did this! 445 01:01:21,212 --> 01:01:23,021 Don't let her get away! 446 01:01:45,803 --> 01:01:49,717 Toyama, Yuki wants you. 447 01:01:53,444 --> 01:01:54,923 There's a problem. 448 01:02:00,184 --> 01:02:02,596 I know the cues. I'll take over. 449 01:02:05,423 --> 01:02:06,493 Okay.)'- 450 01:03:18,729 --> 01:03:19,901 Correct! 451 01:03:27,138 --> 01:03:28,242 Correct! 452 01:03:34,111 --> 01:03:35,215 Correct! 453 01:03:45,356 --> 01:03:46,630 Correct! 454 01:04:19,590 --> 01:04:24,061 Toyama! What are you doing?! Hey, Toyama! 455 01:04:27,098 --> 01:04:28,270 Correct! 456 01:04:29,467 --> 01:04:31,344 - What's wrong? - I don't know! 457 01:04:36,407 --> 01:04:38,080 Correct! 458 01:04:44,181 --> 01:04:45,558 What did you do?! 459 01:04:47,251 --> 01:04:50,391 Don't you want to know about Sadako? 460 01:04:53,124 --> 01:04:56,469 Who's that in the kimono? 461 01:04:57,828 --> 01:04:59,739 Fraud! 462 01:04:59,797 --> 01:05:02,641 It's nothing but a vulgar magic show! 463 01:05:03,434 --> 01:05:07,473 Dr. Ikuma! You're being deceived! 464 01:05:14,812 --> 01:05:16,416 Mother! 465 01:05:34,632 --> 01:05:36,373 What's wrong?! 466 01:05:42,239 --> 01:05:44,014 She's a freak! 467 01:05:49,947 --> 01:05:52,359 That sound... 468 01:05:52,416 --> 01:05:55,260 It's the same as when Aiko died! 469 01:06:23,414 --> 01:06:25,223 Sadako. 470 01:06:25,282 --> 01:06:26,488 Stop. 471 01:06:26,550 --> 01:06:28,154 You have to stop. 472 01:06:30,221 --> 01:06:33,600 You have a wonderful gift! 473 01:06:37,261 --> 01:06:39,741 Settle down, you have to be calm. 474 01:06:41,999 --> 01:06:44,741 Sadako! Calm down! 475 01:06:46,804 --> 01:06:47,805 Sadako! 476 01:07:36,253 --> 01:07:37,664 A second one... 477 01:07:40,925 --> 01:07:42,029 Stop her! 478 01:07:42,092 --> 01:07:44,231 Don't let her get away! She's a monster! 479 01:07:45,262 --> 01:07:46,570 Don't let her go! 480 01:07:49,266 --> 01:07:50,404 No! 481 01:07:50,467 --> 01:07:52,413 - Toyama! - Sadako! 482 01:08:01,245 --> 01:08:02,349 No! 483 01:08:04,048 --> 01:08:06,153 - No! - Sadako! 484 01:08:06,917 --> 01:08:09,056 We won't do anything. 485 01:08:10,087 --> 01:08:14,297 - We won't hurt you. - Please! Stop it! 486 01:08:29,873 --> 01:08:31,318 No! 487 01:08:31,375 --> 01:08:33,218 It's not me! 488 01:08:42,386 --> 01:08:43,694 Sadako! 489 01:08:48,192 --> 01:08:50,570 Stop it! Stop! 490 01:08:51,195 --> 01:08:53,266 Sadako! 491 01:09:02,740 --> 01:09:03,741 Sadako! 492 01:09:41,612 --> 01:09:43,922 I wanted to do that! 493 01:09:50,387 --> 01:09:51,730 But it's not over. 494 01:09:55,759 --> 01:09:59,468 You've all had the dream about the well, haven't you? 495 01:10:01,331 --> 01:10:03,811 There's another Sadako. 496 01:10:03,867 --> 01:10:08,316 If we don't kill her, we'll all die under the curse. 497 01:10:43,607 --> 01:10:45,109 Ikuma Heihachiro 498 01:10:58,489 --> 01:11:00,833 Dr. Ikuma raised Sadako, 499 01:11:00,891 --> 01:11:05,431 and he's hiding her alter ego somewhere else. 500 01:11:07,598 --> 01:11:09,100 But where? 501 01:11:10,567 --> 01:11:13,878 Probably not far from him. 502 01:12:48,999 --> 01:12:51,605 Kaoru, watch Etsuko and Toyama. 503 01:13:10,554 --> 01:13:13,865 Are you here to kill Sadako? 504 01:13:42,319 --> 01:13:44,595 There was only one at first. 505 01:13:48,091 --> 01:13:53,564 But... at some point she split into two. 506 01:13:56,133 --> 01:13:58,636 One took after her mother. 507 01:13:59,870 --> 01:14:04,785 The other one was probably like her real father. 508 01:14:11,915 --> 01:14:14,259 It drove her mother mad. 509 01:14:16,720 --> 01:14:21,430 All I could do was use drugs to stop the other one from growing. 510 01:16:55,045 --> 01:16:56,547 Sadako! 511 01:17:18,235 --> 01:17:22,115 Don't tell me you brought Sadako here! 512 01:17:40,657 --> 01:17:43,194 Please! Let them go! 513 01:17:43,260 --> 01:17:45,501 Sadako's getting away! 514 01:17:47,864 --> 01:17:49,104 She got away! 515 01:18:00,777 --> 01:18:03,553 We have to get out of here! 516 01:18:03,613 --> 01:18:05,286 Let go! 517 01:18:05,348 --> 01:18:06,725 Let me go! 518 01:18:06,783 --> 01:18:08,660 Over there! That way! 519 01:18:09,953 --> 01:18:11,193 No! 520 01:18:11,254 --> 01:18:13,063 Please! Stop! 521 01:18:19,596 --> 01:18:20,768 Come on! 522 01:18:23,633 --> 01:18:26,079 Are the people chasing us? 523 01:18:33,343 --> 01:18:37,792 - You go, Toyama. - No. We go together! 524 01:18:41,618 --> 01:18:45,623 Quickly! Leave me. 525 01:18:46,289 --> 01:18:47,529 No! 526 01:18:49,960 --> 01:18:52,304 Over here! This way! 527 01:19:00,203 --> 01:19:01,307 I... 528 01:19:03,807 --> 01:19:05,309 ...want you to... 529 01:19:10,780 --> 01:19:11,986 ...get away! 530 01:19:14,784 --> 01:19:16,024 Run! 531 01:19:16,086 --> 01:19:18,794 Sadako! Not that way! 532 01:19:33,870 --> 01:19:35,872 What are you going to do?! 533 01:19:41,811 --> 01:19:42,983 Stay back! 534 01:19:46,850 --> 01:19:48,420 I can't... 535 01:19:50,387 --> 01:19:52,094 ...do any more. 536 01:21:03,593 --> 01:21:05,266 Sadako... 537 01:21:06,162 --> 01:21:07,869 ...I love you. 538 01:23:34,143 --> 01:23:36,020 Run! 539 01:23:36,079 --> 01:23:37,319 Kaoru! 540 01:23:49,792 --> 01:23:51,328 Etsuko! 541 01:23:54,564 --> 01:23:58,273 - Miss Miyaji! - What are you doing? Run! 542 01:24:06,476 --> 01:24:10,788 Sadako! Stop this! Sadako! 543 01:24:21,691 --> 01:24:23,136 Get up! 544 01:25:06,903 --> 01:25:08,280 Calm down! 545 01:27:52,635 --> 01:27:54,239 Sadako! 546 01:28:13,689 --> 01:28:15,191 Sadako. 547 01:28:35,378 --> 01:28:37,187 Come on. 548 01:28:38,915 --> 01:28:40,258 Let's go home. 549 01:29:10,980 --> 01:29:12,857 This will calm you. 550 01:29:21,224 --> 01:29:22,498 Father... 551 01:29:25,528 --> 01:29:28,372 Who's my real father? 552 01:29:31,067 --> 01:29:32,569 What a silly thing to ask! 553 01:29:35,838 --> 01:29:37,749 I am, of course. 554 01:29:39,075 --> 01:29:40,349 Of course. 555 01:29:51,420 --> 01:29:52,455 Father! 556 01:29:53,856 --> 01:29:55,164 Sadako... 557 01:29:57,226 --> 01:29:59,968 ...let's end this now. 558 01:30:00,029 --> 01:30:02,236 I'll follow after you. 559 01:30:05,534 --> 01:30:06,740 Father! 560 01:30:18,514 --> 01:30:20,892 I can't breathe! 561 01:30:20,950 --> 01:30:23,055 Help me! 562 01:30:23,920 --> 01:30:25,365 Sadako! 563 01:30:28,624 --> 01:30:30,103 No! 564 01:30:30,159 --> 01:30:31,536 No! 565 01:30:38,167 --> 01:30:39,703 Sadako! 566 01:30:39,769 --> 01:30:41,373 No! 567 01:30:53,182 --> 01:30:54,422 Sadako! 568 01:30:57,920 --> 01:30:59,524 Forgive me, Sadako! 569 01:31:07,430 --> 01:31:08,500 Forgive me! 570 01:31:31,120 --> 01:31:33,760 Father, no! 571 01:31:33,823 --> 01:31:36,269 -Don't! - Sadako! 572 01:31:54,377 --> 01:31:56,379 Forgive me, Sadako! 573 01:31:58,581 --> 01:32:00,083 Forgive me! 574 01:32:03,619 --> 01:32:05,155 Sadako! 575 01:32:57,873 --> 01:32:59,409 Sadako. 576 01:33:00,543 --> 01:33:01,783 Sadako. 577 01:33:13,789 --> 01:33:15,166 You were dreaming. 578 01:33:43,285 --> 01:33:44,696 Toyama... 579 01:33:50,793 --> 01:33:52,704 Toyama? 580 01:33:55,064 --> 01:33:57,066 Toyama! 581 01:34:43,212 --> 01:34:47,092 A Norio Tsuruta Film 582 01:34:48,184 --> 01:34:52,155 RING O "BIRTHDAY" 583 01:34:53,189 --> 01:34:57,069 Based on the novels of Koji Suzuki 584 01:34:58,194 --> 01:35:02,108 Screenplay Hiroshi Takahashi 585 01:35:03,165 --> 01:35:07,079 Sadako Yamamura: Yukie Nakama 586 01:35:08,137 --> 01:35:12,051 Hiroshi Toyama: Seiichi Tanabe 587 01:35:13,142 --> 01:35:17,056 Etsuko Tachihara: Kumiko Aso 588 01:35:18,147 --> 01:35:22,095 Akiko Miyaji: Yoshiko Tanaka 589 01:36:22,244 --> 01:36:26,249 Executive Producer Masato Hara 590 01:36:26,582 --> 01:36:30,587 Produced by Shinji Ogawa Masao Nagai 591 01:36:30,919 --> 01:36:34,924 and Takashige Ichise 592 01:36:35,257 --> 01:36:39,262 Photography Takahide Shibanushi 593 01:36:39,595 --> 01:36:43,600 Production Design Shu Yamaguchi 594 01:36:43,932 --> 01:36:47,937 Lighting Yoshimi Watabe 595 01:36:48,270 --> 01:36:52,275 Music Shinichiro Ogata 596 01:36:52,608 --> 01:36:56,613 Editor Hiroshi Sunaga 597 01:36:56,945 --> 01:37:00,950 Production Manager Kensei Mori 598 01:37:01,283 --> 01:37:05,288 Recorded by Tetsuo Segawa 599 01:37:05,621 --> 01:37:09,626 Visual Effects Supervisors Hajime Matsumoto and Nobuaki Sugiki 600 01:38:16,959 --> 01:38:20,964 International Distribution Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., LTD. 601 01:38:21,296 --> 01:38:25,301 A production of Asmik-Ace Entertainment 602 01:38:32,808 --> 01:38:37,621 Directed by Norio Tsuruta