1 00:00:01,428 --> 00:00:04,420 "The names of persons and organizations in this movie" 2 00:00:04,564 --> 00:00:07,727 "have been partially changed." 3 00:00:10,470 --> 00:00:14,634 "Produced by Taka Ichise" 4 00:00:17,477 --> 00:00:21,504 "Directed by Koji Shiraishi" 5 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:33,418 This video documentary is deemed too disturbing for public viewing. 6 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:41,093 These are books written by Masafumi Kobayashi, a journalist 7 00:00:41,301 --> 00:00:47,103 who had been chronicling supernatural phenomenon since 1995. 8 00:00:48,842 --> 00:00:52,300 He gathered accounts of strange occurrences... 9 00:00:52,445 --> 00:00:56,472 in his pursuit of horrifying and unsolvable mysteries. 10 00:00:58,351 --> 00:01:01,787 Once he'd begun using video in his research 11 00:01:01,955 --> 00:01:05,982 he was able to compile his research on to videotapes. 12 00:01:07,594 --> 00:01:08,822 That bomb shelter? 13 00:01:08,962 --> 00:01:11,157 Yes. It's in there. 14 00:01:14,868 --> 00:01:16,836 I saw it over there. 15 00:01:17,103 --> 00:01:20,971 It running in the woods very quickly 16 00:01:21,474 --> 00:01:25,410 This is where you saw the ghost... 17 00:01:25,545 --> 00:01:26,477 Was it suicide? 18 00:01:26,613 --> 00:01:29,946 Yes. I saw him in the fender mirror. 19 00:01:32,452 --> 00:01:33,783 This is where... 20 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,482 a family of five was massacred. 21 00:01:41,794 --> 00:01:45,389 In April 2004... 22 00:01:45,865 --> 00:01:48,527 Kobayashi finished his latest... 23 00:01:48,668 --> 00:01:50,693 video documentary, "The Curse". 24 00:01:50,937 --> 00:01:52,404 This has to have some connection. 25 00:01:53,873 --> 00:01:56,637 But soon after that... 26 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:05,647 At night on April 12, Kobayashi's house burned down. 27 00:02:20,266 --> 00:02:24,498 Later his wife, Keiko was found dead in the remains. 28 00:02:26,406 --> 00:02:30,809 But Kobayashi wasn't found. He was declared missing. 29 00:02:33,079 --> 00:02:36,674 Masafumi Kobayashi had mysteriously vanished. 30 00:02:38,017 --> 00:02:40,884 His video, "The Curse"... 31 00:02:41,521 --> 00:02:45,958 reveals a truth too astounding for us to imagine. 32 00:03:17,957 --> 00:03:20,824 "I want the truth." 33 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,952 "No matter how terrifying I want the truth." 34 00:03:24,264 --> 00:03:28,132 "Masafumi Kobayashi." 35 00:03:43,516 --> 00:03:49,614 "November 12, 2002, Koganei, Tokyo" 36 00:03:53,092 --> 00:03:56,858 "Masafumi Kobayashi, reporter of the supernatural." 37 00:03:59,165 --> 00:04:04,432 The spooky voices you mentioned... What kind of voices were they? 38 00:04:05,471 --> 00:04:09,407 It sounded like babies' voices. 39 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:11,339 Babies' voices... 40 00:04:11,611 --> 00:04:13,602 "Ryoko Okui, housewife" 41 00:04:13,746 --> 00:04:15,941 When did it start? 42 00:04:17,283 --> 00:04:20,218 A couple of months ago. 43 00:04:27,293 --> 00:04:30,456 The sound comes from over there. 44 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:33,565 Who lives next door? 45 00:04:33,766 --> 00:04:39,796 A woman in her 40s and her boy, aged between 6 and 9. 46 00:04:39,939 --> 00:04:41,406 There are two of them. 47 00:04:41,674 --> 00:04:46,111 They moved in about half a year ago. 48 00:04:46,245 --> 00:04:49,942 That was the only time that I saw the boy. 49 00:04:50,083 --> 00:04:52,483 I haven't seen him since. 50 00:04:53,019 --> 00:04:58,116 I see the mother every now and then when she goes out. 51 00:04:58,257 --> 00:05:00,282 But she doesn't greet me. 52 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:05,924 I'm a bit scared. I don't want my girl involved, either. 53 00:05:09,402 --> 00:05:11,427 Let's go to the neighbor's. 54 00:05:24,584 --> 00:05:25,676 Let's go in. 55 00:05:29,489 --> 00:05:31,081 What a mess! 56 00:05:36,462 --> 00:05:37,827 Hello? 57 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:41,566 Anybody home? 58 00:05:52,245 --> 00:05:57,740 I happened to be in the neighborhood doing some research and... 59 00:05:57,884 --> 00:06:00,011 What kind of way is that to talk to me? 60 00:06:04,190 --> 00:06:07,887 How can you talk to me like that? 61 00:06:08,227 --> 00:06:11,719 May I have a few minutes of your time... 62 00:06:11,864 --> 00:06:13,161 How can you? 63 00:06:13,633 --> 00:06:16,830 My name's Kobayashi and... 64 00:06:22,575 --> 00:06:23,735 Impossible. 65 00:06:29,916 --> 00:06:31,440 Give me a break. 66 00:06:55,174 --> 00:06:58,439 "The strange sound was recorded on video tape." 67 00:07:01,614 --> 00:07:03,081 Let's begin. 68 00:07:06,385 --> 00:07:10,651 Can you tell us what the sonic analysis revealed? 69 00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:12,052 Okay. 70 00:07:12,825 --> 00:07:16,158 We have the spectrographic analysis of the sound. 71 00:07:16,362 --> 00:07:19,798 It has a band of noise all the way through it. 72 00:07:19,932 --> 00:07:23,163 But here, there's a unique signal. 73 00:07:23,569 --> 00:07:26,470 I'll play it back for comparison. 74 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:32,236 "The unprocessed audio signal." 75 00:07:34,046 --> 00:07:36,139 This one's noise-reduced. 76 00:07:36,382 --> 00:07:42,810 "The processed audio signal." 77 00:07:43,623 --> 00:07:48,583 As you can hear it's like some kind of animal sound. 78 00:07:50,696 --> 00:07:52,493 I have enhanced the signal. 79 00:07:53,132 --> 00:07:54,656 Listen carefully. 80 00:08:00,239 --> 00:08:05,836 A cat meows sequentially but this sound isn't like that. 81 00:08:05,978 --> 00:08:09,846 What's interesting about this sound is... 82 00:08:10,349 --> 00:08:15,616 that it doesn't repeat like a cat's meow, it ends with an inhale. 83 00:08:15,821 --> 00:08:19,222 That's the characteristic of a human baby voice. 84 00:08:19,358 --> 00:08:21,519 On closer examination 85 00:08:21,661 --> 00:08:27,566 it sounds like the voices of more than 5 babies. 86 00:08:31,037 --> 00:08:34,131 Several days after your visit... 87 00:08:34,273 --> 00:08:38,869 they moved out of that house. 88 00:08:39,412 --> 00:08:43,075 What? They moved out? 89 00:08:43,282 --> 00:08:47,275 How about the strange voices? 90 00:08:47,420 --> 00:08:49,888 Do you still hear the baby voices? 91 00:08:50,222 --> 00:08:55,091 Not since they moved out. 92 00:09:18,718 --> 00:09:23,417 So her name is Junko Ishii. 93 00:09:38,971 --> 00:09:41,963 Come here, Miyajima! 94 00:10:05,331 --> 00:10:07,094 Excuse us now. 95 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,246 They died 5 days later. 96 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:33,891 Mrs. Okui lost control of her car when she was driving. 97 00:10:34,627 --> 00:10:38,529 The car went over the divider into the incoming traffic... 98 00:10:51,077 --> 00:10:54,911 "Footage from a TV variety program, aired on August 3, 2003" 99 00:10:55,214 --> 00:10:56,977 Good evening, everybody! 100 00:10:57,149 --> 00:10:58,377 Good evening. 101 00:10:58,517 --> 00:10:59,814 Very good, everybody. 102 00:10:59,952 --> 00:11:02,250 Let me introduce you to 103 00:11:02,388 --> 00:11:05,221 Mr. Koichi Hirotsu, the psychic. 104 00:11:05,357 --> 00:11:07,484 Thank you very much. 105 00:11:07,626 --> 00:11:10,925 Can you tell us how the experiment proceeds? 106 00:11:11,063 --> 00:11:17,662 The first experiment deals with clairvoyance. 107 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:20,538 "Experiment 1, Clairvoyance" 108 00:11:21,107 --> 00:11:23,268 In each of these containers 109 00:11:23,409 --> 00:11:26,207 there's a piece of paper. 110 00:11:26,345 --> 00:11:28,336 It has a drawing on it. 111 00:11:28,481 --> 00:11:31,609 I want you to imagine what's drawn. 112 00:11:31,751 --> 00:11:33,776 "First question" 113 00:11:35,054 --> 00:11:38,023 10 children with ESP abilities from all over Japan. 114 00:11:38,290 --> 00:11:40,724 We're about to witness their powers! 115 00:11:41,927 --> 00:11:44,589 They all look kind of nervous. 116 00:11:48,768 --> 00:11:53,467 Everybody, concentrate right here. 117 00:11:53,639 --> 00:11:56,870 Try to envision the paper in the container. 118 00:11:57,009 --> 00:12:00,536 You'll get a vision in your head. 119 00:12:01,013 --> 00:12:04,244 None of us know... 120 00:12:04,383 --> 00:12:06,544 what's drawn on the paper. 121 00:12:15,594 --> 00:12:19,587 One of them is starting to draw what she sees. 122 00:12:19,732 --> 00:12:23,566 "One of them is starting to draw what she sees" 123 00:12:26,205 --> 00:12:27,229 Can she really see it? 124 00:12:27,373 --> 00:12:31,207 Let's open the container 125 00:12:31,343 --> 00:12:33,208 and take a look at the paper. 126 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:39,012 What's on the paper? 127 00:12:41,921 --> 00:12:45,379 The answer is a double circle. 128 00:12:45,558 --> 00:12:47,822 But not just a double circle. 129 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,294 Each circle has two points 130 00:12:52,431 --> 00:12:54,797 where the line is broken. 131 00:12:54,934 --> 00:12:56,925 It's a complicated shape. 132 00:12:57,102 --> 00:12:58,364 Did anybody get it right? 133 00:12:58,838 --> 00:13:00,806 "Results" 134 00:13:03,909 --> 00:13:07,367 You there... 135 00:13:07,580 --> 00:13:09,104 She got it right! 136 00:13:09,582 --> 00:13:11,015 Kana Yano 137 00:13:11,383 --> 00:13:13,374 can you show us what you drew? 138 00:13:15,654 --> 00:13:18,179 Take a good look, everybody. 139 00:13:18,724 --> 00:13:23,457 It's drawn with extreme accuracy. 140 00:13:26,232 --> 00:13:28,700 Even the scale is accurate. 141 00:13:28,834 --> 00:13:31,803 This is incredible! 142 00:13:32,972 --> 00:13:34,132 Kana Yano... 143 00:13:34,273 --> 00:13:36,969 She gave correct answers to 144 00:13:37,109 --> 00:13:39,737 all the questions up to 4. 145 00:13:40,646 --> 00:13:42,375 "Fifth question" 146 00:13:42,648 --> 00:13:46,175 Will Kana give an correct answer to the fifth question, too? 147 00:13:50,723 --> 00:13:54,819 Kana's already drawing something. 148 00:13:56,862 --> 00:13:58,887 "Results" 149 00:13:59,098 --> 00:14:02,033 Show us what you've got, everybody. 150 00:14:08,407 --> 00:14:12,400 The answer to the question looks like this. 151 00:14:12,544 --> 00:14:14,034 It's totally different. 152 00:14:14,513 --> 00:14:17,539 "It means Star in Russian" 153 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,855 I guess this one was difficult. 154 00:14:23,989 --> 00:14:25,684 Maybe she's tired. 155 00:14:25,925 --> 00:14:31,625 Next we'll make water materialize in sealed bottles. 156 00:14:33,032 --> 00:14:35,762 It's called materialization. 157 00:14:36,235 --> 00:14:42,231 It is done by telekinetically envisioning water in the bottle. 158 00:14:42,675 --> 00:14:44,267 Let's do it. 159 00:14:46,045 --> 00:14:48,513 "Begin experiment" 160 00:14:51,917 --> 00:14:55,648 This requires intense concentration. 161 00:14:55,788 --> 00:14:57,278 And now... 162 00:14:58,691 --> 00:15:02,787 you're about to witness a miracle performed by Kana! 163 00:15:04,296 --> 00:15:08,164 Look, Kana's getting some water! 164 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:13,167 Can you see it? 165 00:15:13,305 --> 00:15:16,968 At the bottom of the bottle... water's gathering out of nowhere! 166 00:15:19,778 --> 00:15:25,614 Of course, there's no false bottom on the bottle, nor the table. 167 00:15:25,751 --> 00:15:27,309 It's the same girl again. 168 00:15:33,625 --> 00:15:34,683 What were you thinking 169 00:15:34,994 --> 00:15:36,393 when you did this? 170 00:15:37,229 --> 00:15:39,459 I thought about water. 171 00:15:39,631 --> 00:15:41,826 When the water materialized... 172 00:15:42,001 --> 00:15:45,368 did you feel something different? 173 00:15:45,504 --> 00:15:47,028 Were you hot or numb? 174 00:15:47,206 --> 00:15:49,037 I had a headache. 175 00:15:51,510 --> 00:15:52,670 My, God! 176 00:15:53,145 --> 00:15:55,340 What is this thing? 177 00:15:55,581 --> 00:15:57,412 Some kind of hair? 178 00:15:57,950 --> 00:16:03,183 Yes. I guess she materialized it together with the water. 179 00:16:04,223 --> 00:16:08,853 What was it that mysteriously appeared in the bottle? 180 00:16:09,161 --> 00:16:13,188 Tests done on the water that Kana produced, have come in. 181 00:16:13,332 --> 00:16:15,300 "Professor Takaaki Yuhara, DSc" 182 00:16:15,968 --> 00:16:18,163 The major component is water. 183 00:16:18,837 --> 00:16:22,739 We found animal plankton which suggests that 184 00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:28,245 it's fresh water from either a river or a lake. 185 00:16:28,647 --> 00:16:33,880 The hair in the water is indeed that of an animal. 186 00:16:34,086 --> 00:16:39,388 It could be human hair, but because there's no medulla development... 187 00:16:39,525 --> 00:16:42,983 it could be from a newborn baby. 188 00:16:48,534 --> 00:16:52,630 "August 27, Fuchu, Tokyo" 189 00:16:55,340 --> 00:16:59,640 "Kobayashi interviewed Kana's parents." 190 00:17:00,746 --> 00:17:01,713 Hello. 191 00:17:02,181 --> 00:17:03,375 Thanks for coming. 192 00:17:04,116 --> 00:17:07,142 She's been sleeping all day? 193 00:17:08,053 --> 00:17:10,351 Since after lunch. 194 00:17:10,489 --> 00:17:14,152 "Kana Yano, the psychic who appeared on TV." 195 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:20,089 She's had a slight fever since those TV experiments. 196 00:17:20,332 --> 00:17:24,029 She's spent lots of time in bed, resting. 197 00:17:24,436 --> 00:17:30,602 We took her to the doctor but he couldn't find anything wrong. 198 00:17:30,943 --> 00:17:33,571 We're very concerned about her. 199 00:17:33,979 --> 00:17:40,646 I thought the program was pushing the children too much... 200 00:17:40,919 --> 00:17:42,648 Too many experiments. 201 00:17:42,788 --> 00:17:49,159 I wonder if she's exhausted her powers on that one occasion... 202 00:17:52,498 --> 00:17:56,400 "Unused footage of a TV variety show taped on October 23" 203 00:17:56,735 --> 00:18:00,330 Hello, we're the Ungirls. 204 00:18:00,506 --> 00:18:05,170 We're so popular that ants crawl up our legs in the park. 205 00:18:05,677 --> 00:18:07,770 When I'm a pall-bearer 206 00:18:07,913 --> 00:18:12,475 I'm so tall that I have to hold the coffin myself. 207 00:18:12,651 --> 00:18:14,084 We're the Ungirls. 208 00:18:14,219 --> 00:18:19,816 We're on our way to a shrine, a popular ghost-sighting spot. 209 00:18:19,958 --> 00:18:24,019 It was deemed boring if it was just the two of us. 210 00:18:24,163 --> 00:18:26,495 So we have the actress Marika Matsumoto here too. 211 00:18:26,665 --> 00:18:30,260 Good evening. I'm Marika Matsumoto. 212 00:18:30,402 --> 00:18:32,836 I heard that you have a sixth sense. 213 00:18:32,971 --> 00:18:34,336 That's right. 214 00:18:34,673 --> 00:18:37,767 Have you ever had any supernatural experiences? 215 00:18:37,910 --> 00:18:40,708 Yes. Ever since I was a child... 216 00:18:40,846 --> 00:18:42,074 For so long? 217 00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:43,942 Yes. I've seen apparitions. 218 00:18:44,850 --> 00:18:46,215 Are you okay, Marika? 219 00:18:46,818 --> 00:18:51,016 I don't know... The back of my neck's tingling. 220 00:18:51,557 --> 00:18:53,855 You feel tingly? 221 00:18:54,493 --> 00:18:55,721 I'm scared... 222 00:18:55,861 --> 00:18:57,886 Maybe we shouldn't go in there? 223 00:18:58,163 --> 00:19:01,826 But that's what we are here for, so we're going in. 224 00:19:04,136 --> 00:19:05,865 Here we are! 225 00:19:07,539 --> 00:19:08,665 You want to go in? 226 00:19:10,776 --> 00:19:12,368 It's spooky... 227 00:19:13,645 --> 00:19:18,378 Guys! I feel something over in that direction. 228 00:19:19,785 --> 00:19:22,310 I feel something really strange... 229 00:19:22,854 --> 00:19:24,048 This way. 230 00:19:24,456 --> 00:19:25,821 We'd better stay here. 231 00:19:25,958 --> 00:19:27,755 Let's all go in together. 232 00:19:28,961 --> 00:19:30,986 It feels very strange... 233 00:19:33,498 --> 00:19:34,760 But there's nothing here. 234 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,960 Maybe it's here... Yes, it is. 235 00:19:38,103 --> 00:19:40,697 Can you bring the camera over here? 236 00:19:41,773 --> 00:19:44,640 Only these trees are dead. 237 00:19:45,244 --> 00:19:47,644 Everywhere else the trees are okay. 238 00:19:47,913 --> 00:19:49,574 They're okay there, too. 239 00:19:49,848 --> 00:19:52,510 Only here, they're dead. 240 00:19:53,051 --> 00:19:55,884 Look at this tree. So lumpy. 241 00:19:56,288 --> 00:20:00,281 Yuck... It's dripping with something sticky. 242 00:20:01,126 --> 00:20:04,095 What's this? Is it oozing from the tree? 243 00:20:04,296 --> 00:20:05,729 No! Don't touch it! 244 00:20:06,498 --> 00:20:10,935 I mean it. Stay back... 245 00:20:11,403 --> 00:20:12,734 Is it bad? 246 00:20:16,141 --> 00:20:17,438 Shit! 247 00:20:18,644 --> 00:20:19,941 What's wrong? 248 00:20:23,882 --> 00:20:25,611 I heard something... 249 00:20:25,751 --> 00:20:26,979 Did you hear that? 250 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:28,518 Did I? I heard nothing... 251 00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:33,624 Something... lt was a low voice, like a man's. 252 00:20:33,759 --> 00:20:35,056 A man's voice? 253 00:20:35,193 --> 00:20:37,388 Was that you? 254 00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:41,791 I've had enough of this. 255 00:20:46,738 --> 00:20:51,334 There's nothing over there. 256 00:21:08,327 --> 00:21:11,057 Stop the camera! Stop it! 257 00:21:21,106 --> 00:21:24,803 "November 26, a live talk show, A Night of True Horror Stories." 258 00:21:31,049 --> 00:21:33,711 Wasn't that something special? 259 00:21:33,885 --> 00:21:37,480 It was incredible. I was blown away. 260 00:21:37,756 --> 00:21:40,054 How do you feel now, Marika? 261 00:21:40,592 --> 00:21:43,220 I feel embarrassed. 262 00:21:44,196 --> 00:21:47,654 So this footage was edited out? 263 00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:54,534 That's right. The director arranged for me to have a copy. 264 00:21:54,673 --> 00:22:00,873 In the footage, you said you could hear a man's voice. 265 00:22:01,213 --> 00:22:04,239 It was a very low voice. 266 00:22:06,351 --> 00:22:10,014 It sounded like it was calling me. 267 00:22:10,188 --> 00:22:14,386 Did you see me turn when I heard the voice? 268 00:22:15,694 --> 00:22:19,425 I remember nothing from that point on. 269 00:22:19,564 --> 00:22:21,498 Nothing at all? 270 00:22:21,633 --> 00:22:23,260 No. 271 00:22:23,635 --> 00:22:29,870 Tonight, we have a special guest who'll examine Marika's condition. 272 00:22:30,008 --> 00:22:32,442 A person with psychic ability. 273 00:22:32,577 --> 00:22:35,842 Let's welcome our guest! 274 00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:49,356 Let's hear it for him! 275 00:23:02,073 --> 00:23:04,371 Calm down, he's our guest. 276 00:23:04,543 --> 00:23:10,072 Our guest has arrived in an outfit that's very different. 277 00:23:10,348 --> 00:23:14,512 Can you see us up on the stage? Come this way. 278 00:23:14,653 --> 00:23:19,090 We want you to use your power and give us your impression of Marika. 279 00:23:19,224 --> 00:23:25,163 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mitsuo Hori. 280 00:23:25,297 --> 00:23:29,666 A man with unique psychic powers. 281 00:23:29,801 --> 00:23:32,361 He's engaged in activities 282 00:23:32,504 --> 00:23:37,407 to protect humans against ectoplasmic worms. 283 00:23:38,009 --> 00:23:41,672 Look at the flier you were given at the door. 284 00:23:41,813 --> 00:23:44,043 It's difficult to follow his thoughts... 285 00:23:44,649 --> 00:23:47,846 Hey, let her go. 286 00:23:47,986 --> 00:23:49,510 You are in big trouble! 287 00:23:49,654 --> 00:23:51,645 Pigeons! 288 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:55,084 My, God! The pigeons! 289 00:23:55,927 --> 00:23:58,088 The pigeons! 290 00:24:00,065 --> 00:24:01,965 Show him the door. 291 00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:05,764 Watch out for the pigeons! 292 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:12,842 "Midoriyama TV Studio" 293 00:24:17,315 --> 00:24:22,275 "Kobayashi met the director of the variety show." 294 00:24:22,621 --> 00:24:23,747 Are you Mr. Kobayashi? 295 00:24:24,022 --> 00:24:27,753 - I'm Kobayashi. - I'm Shimbashi. 296 00:24:28,026 --> 00:24:33,259 When I gave the footage to Marika, I edited something out. 297 00:24:33,665 --> 00:24:35,690 I didn't want to spook her. 298 00:24:47,212 --> 00:24:51,012 This is right before she screams and collapses. 299 00:24:51,283 --> 00:24:55,379 There's something I want you to see. 300 00:25:01,293 --> 00:25:03,523 "Sugishobou Publishing" 301 00:25:03,662 --> 00:25:06,722 Hello. 302 00:25:06,865 --> 00:25:09,026 This is Miyajima, our cameraman. 303 00:25:09,167 --> 00:25:11,328 Nice to meet you. 304 00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:14,495 I'm Marika Matsumoto. It's my pleasure. 305 00:25:15,907 --> 00:25:21,368 It's on the right side of you on the video. 306 00:25:23,548 --> 00:25:27,575 You can see it just briefly. I'll pause the image for you. 307 00:25:29,854 --> 00:25:31,515 Right after this. 308 00:25:33,391 --> 00:25:34,881 It's here. 309 00:25:39,564 --> 00:25:40,895 Oh, God... 310 00:25:43,268 --> 00:25:45,634 I don't know if it's related... 311 00:25:45,770 --> 00:25:48,136 What is it, Ms. Matsumoto? 312 00:25:48,273 --> 00:25:50,798 Something's been bothering me lately 313 00:25:53,511 --> 00:25:55,035 Take a look at this. 314 00:25:58,717 --> 00:26:01,743 The drawing? 315 00:26:02,420 --> 00:26:04,445 I don't know what it is. 316 00:26:04,589 --> 00:26:09,049 But I find myself drawing these images unconsciously. 317 00:26:09,294 --> 00:26:13,128 When did you start drawing these patterns? 318 00:26:13,298 --> 00:26:14,424 I guess... 319 00:26:15,433 --> 00:26:18,664 After the video shoot at the shrine. 320 00:26:18,803 --> 00:26:20,566 The shrine... 321 00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:26,702 Wait! 322 00:26:28,313 --> 00:26:32,477 There are so many... I can feel it! 323 00:26:32,951 --> 00:26:35,784 Wait, wait... 324 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:37,987 Can you see something? 325 00:26:38,123 --> 00:26:40,148 No, I can't see anything but... 326 00:26:40,692 --> 00:26:42,523 There are so many of them! 327 00:26:44,029 --> 00:26:46,361 I don't know what they are... 328 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,267 I've had enough of this. 329 00:26:54,339 --> 00:26:56,273 Do you see something? 330 00:27:11,156 --> 00:27:15,183 "December 4" 331 00:27:18,129 --> 00:27:23,328 The slight fever she had stopped some time ago... 332 00:27:23,868 --> 00:27:28,464 But instead, she's beginning to act strangely recently... 333 00:27:29,574 --> 00:27:31,599 It's strange. 334 00:27:32,510 --> 00:27:40,440 She's often talking to somebody when there's nobody in the room. 335 00:27:40,585 --> 00:27:44,919 Who is it that you talk to... 336 00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:50,861 that your mother isn't able to see? 337 00:27:54,599 --> 00:27:58,501 I guess it's too late for all of us. 338 00:28:02,107 --> 00:28:03,938 What do you mean? 339 00:28:08,847 --> 00:28:12,214 We'd better take it, too. 340 00:28:26,998 --> 00:28:28,465 No! 341 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,599 What's wrong? 342 00:28:30,802 --> 00:28:34,898 Kana... 343 00:28:35,807 --> 00:28:37,775 Kana, you'd better lie down. 344 00:28:40,478 --> 00:28:44,073 Excuse me... 345 00:29:09,574 --> 00:29:13,408 "Footage from a variety show aired on December 9" 346 00:29:13,845 --> 00:29:17,872 Now, Maria Takagi went to interview a psychic! 347 00:29:18,283 --> 00:29:20,183 Let's watch the interview. 348 00:29:20,585 --> 00:29:23,986 This psychic man was really something. 349 00:29:24,122 --> 00:29:26,090 - You saw him? - I did. 350 00:29:26,224 --> 00:29:28,124 - It's on video? - Yes! 351 00:29:28,259 --> 00:29:31,353 Okay, let's not watch it. 352 00:29:31,496 --> 00:29:35,193 No? It's like... duh! 353 00:29:35,333 --> 00:29:36,925 What kind of reaction is that? 354 00:29:37,068 --> 00:29:40,299 Here's the interview with The Super Psychic! 355 00:29:41,272 --> 00:29:43,069 This is Maria Takagi. 356 00:29:43,474 --> 00:29:49,606 Today, I'm here to meet with the super psychic who lives around here. 357 00:29:52,784 --> 00:29:56,584 I can't wait to find his place. 358 00:29:56,921 --> 00:30:02,018 Is it true that your next door neighbor is a super psychic? 359 00:30:02,627 --> 00:30:04,151 Super psychic? 360 00:30:05,230 --> 00:30:07,391 I think he's a freaking psycho. 361 00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:13,237 I saw him several times putting out the garbage... 362 00:30:14,572 --> 00:30:15,539 He's a freaking psycho. 363 00:30:15,673 --> 00:30:17,038 He can't be cured. 364 00:30:18,877 --> 00:30:21,402 So he's a freaking psycho. 365 00:30:26,317 --> 00:30:27,784 Is this it? 366 00:30:34,525 --> 00:30:38,621 "Strange messages on the garbage" 367 00:30:40,465 --> 00:30:44,629 Hello! Is the super psychic home? 368 00:30:52,443 --> 00:30:55,606 Are you the super psychic? 369 00:31:04,522 --> 00:31:08,788 Mitsuo Hori... 370 00:31:11,696 --> 00:31:12,958 I can do that. 371 00:31:15,199 --> 00:31:16,860 I'm psychic. 372 00:31:18,202 --> 00:31:23,162 Could I interview you? 373 00:31:32,383 --> 00:31:35,352 Is it alright? 374 00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:39,520 I'm coming inside. 375 00:31:41,893 --> 00:31:45,920 Can you see this? We've got to show this! 376 00:31:48,266 --> 00:31:51,724 The room's covered entirely with aluminum foil! 377 00:31:51,903 --> 00:31:55,737 Hundreds of fliers are stored in these boxes. 378 00:31:57,275 --> 00:32:03,145 What's written on these fliers? I mean... 379 00:32:03,281 --> 00:32:05,579 What are they for? 380 00:32:06,050 --> 00:32:12,011 For years, I've been receiving dangerous information... 381 00:32:12,156 --> 00:32:14,249 Dangerous messages... 382 00:32:15,026 --> 00:32:16,687 Space... 383 00:32:17,795 --> 00:32:18,955 What? 384 00:32:20,031 --> 00:32:22,192 - Space! - Space! 385 00:32:22,734 --> 00:32:24,395 With space... 386 00:32:26,904 --> 00:32:28,895 I can connect... 387 00:32:32,610 --> 00:32:34,339 I can see the future... 388 00:32:34,946 --> 00:32:37,608 Many bad, bad guys... 389 00:32:40,752 --> 00:32:42,686 Ectoplasmic worms... 390 00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:47,748 It says so here. "Ectoplasmic worms." 391 00:32:48,593 --> 00:32:53,496 The worms are all over, crawling, squirming... 392 00:33:03,608 --> 00:33:08,568 The super psychic's expressing himself with body language. 393 00:33:09,814 --> 00:33:12,408 Is that his expression for the ectoplasmic worms? 394 00:33:15,753 --> 00:33:18,085 "December 22" 395 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:35,804 Was anything out of the ordinary around the time that Kana vanished? 396 00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:40,543 For about a week before she disappeared... 397 00:33:40,845 --> 00:33:48,945 there was a man who kept visiting her. 398 00:33:49,153 --> 00:33:54,318 I had no idea what he was talking about. 399 00:33:59,230 --> 00:34:05,829 He was wearing a hat covered with aluminum foil. 400 00:34:06,304 --> 00:34:08,534 And also... 401 00:34:08,673 --> 00:34:14,407 he had a long coat covered with aluminum foil. 402 00:34:15,546 --> 00:34:19,380 And for some reason, Kana told me... 403 00:34:19,517 --> 00:34:25,717 that the man was of no threat to her... 404 00:34:27,058 --> 00:34:28,855 On the day that Kana disappeared... 405 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:36,225 We found this strange flier. It was placed face down. 406 00:34:37,568 --> 00:34:42,437 It says, "Help." I think this is Kana's handwriting. 407 00:34:43,774 --> 00:34:46,140 See what Kana drew on this? 408 00:34:46,277 --> 00:34:50,373 Has she always drawn this kind of pattern? 409 00:34:50,581 --> 00:34:55,041 "Kana's parents said they'd never seen anything like this before." 410 00:34:55,186 --> 00:34:57,051 "Help." 411 00:35:13,704 --> 00:35:16,537 "The worms are increasing. If we don't deal with them..." 412 00:35:19,277 --> 00:35:22,474 Hello, is Mr. Hori home? 413 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:27,448 Excuse me. 414 00:35:35,459 --> 00:35:39,452 I'm a journalist doing some research. 415 00:35:39,730 --> 00:35:43,996 Can you help me with my research into the missing girl, Kana? 416 00:35:45,436 --> 00:35:46,698 Who are you? 417 00:35:47,371 --> 00:35:49,965 My name is Kobayashi. 418 00:35:50,408 --> 00:35:53,707 I believe we met on the talkshow the other night. 419 00:36:00,685 --> 00:36:01,845 What? 420 00:36:02,186 --> 00:36:03,414 Come in! 421 00:36:09,527 --> 00:36:11,051 Oh, excuse me. 422 00:36:16,067 --> 00:36:20,970 What's with the aluminum on the walls? 423 00:36:21,138 --> 00:36:23,732 Why are you covered with it? 424 00:36:25,876 --> 00:36:30,404 It protects me from the tingling. 425 00:36:30,581 --> 00:36:36,611 Because the ectoplasmic worms are near... 426 00:36:37,955 --> 00:36:41,152 What are these ectoplasmic worms? 427 00:36:45,763 --> 00:36:48,994 These horrible worms... 428 00:36:50,901 --> 00:36:53,301 they are everywhere. 429 00:36:54,272 --> 00:36:57,935 They eat people and they multiply. 430 00:36:58,276 --> 00:36:59,937 Eat people? 431 00:37:01,779 --> 00:37:04,213 Kana... 432 00:37:05,549 --> 00:37:07,813 She was eaten, too. 433 00:37:09,153 --> 00:37:10,950 Kana? 434 00:37:12,356 --> 00:37:14,085 Mr. Hori. 435 00:37:15,059 --> 00:37:20,156 You know something about her, don't you? 436 00:37:26,337 --> 00:37:28,271 Where is Kana now? 437 00:37:31,242 --> 00:37:35,008 I lost track of where she is... 438 00:37:39,984 --> 00:37:43,511 Mr. Hori! Let go of my bag! 439 00:37:43,988 --> 00:37:46,957 Stop it at once! 440 00:37:49,527 --> 00:37:51,688 Kana! 441 00:37:52,296 --> 00:37:54,856 This flier... 442 00:37:56,167 --> 00:37:58,897 I picked it up at her house. 443 00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:02,434 What do you know about her disappearance? 444 00:38:02,973 --> 00:38:04,338 Quiet! 445 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:20,723 Blue... 446 00:38:21,826 --> 00:38:24,158 A blue building... 447 00:38:25,229 --> 00:38:26,787 A blue building... 448 00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:28,262 Blue? 449 00:38:29,834 --> 00:38:33,531 Galvanized iron sheets... 450 00:38:35,005 --> 00:38:36,267 What is it? 451 00:38:36,407 --> 00:38:37,931 Cars... 452 00:38:39,410 --> 00:38:40,934 A parking lot? 453 00:38:44,081 --> 00:38:45,810 Is he drawing a map? 454 00:38:46,884 --> 00:38:51,048 The worms are coming out... 455 00:38:51,188 --> 00:38:53,122 The worms? 456 00:38:53,457 --> 00:38:55,357 The worms are coming out. 457 00:38:56,694 --> 00:39:01,791 A young man... 458 00:39:05,002 --> 00:39:06,731 A young man. 459 00:39:06,937 --> 00:39:12,034 The worms took Kana away. 460 00:39:12,376 --> 00:39:15,675 They took her away! 461 00:39:35,499 --> 00:39:36,966 To that direction? 462 00:39:38,969 --> 00:39:41,494 Wait a second, Mr. Hori. 463 00:39:41,772 --> 00:39:43,569 I have a map for you. 464 00:39:43,707 --> 00:39:46,505 This is where we are. 465 00:39:46,644 --> 00:39:49,238 That way! 466 00:39:52,283 --> 00:39:54,308 I can't read the map... 467 00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:57,144 Did he say that way? 468 00:40:03,828 --> 00:40:06,422 What's Kagutaba? 469 00:40:07,198 --> 00:40:10,258 Kagu... What did you say? 470 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,369 Calm down, Mr. Hori! 471 00:40:20,578 --> 00:40:22,808 Are you okay? 472 00:40:29,153 --> 00:40:31,678 Calm down! 473 00:40:32,590 --> 00:40:34,114 Go away! 474 00:40:46,670 --> 00:40:48,001 Excuse us! 475 00:40:52,743 --> 00:40:56,907 Something weird happened to the video image... 476 00:40:57,882 --> 00:40:59,406 What do you mean, "weird"? 477 00:41:38,489 --> 00:41:40,582 "Kobayashi looked for Kana according to the map of Mitsuo Hori." 478 00:41:40,724 --> 00:41:43,591 Mr. Kobayashi, how about that apartment over there? 479 00:41:44,628 --> 00:41:46,323 There is a parking lot. 480 00:41:48,799 --> 00:41:51,324 But they're in different positions. 481 00:41:51,902 --> 00:41:53,893 That's a blue building. 482 00:41:54,972 --> 00:41:57,770 But it has only two stories. 483 00:41:58,375 --> 00:41:59,637 This isn't it. 484 00:42:09,987 --> 00:42:11,420 This is difficult. 485 00:42:12,556 --> 00:42:14,649 Hello, this is Marika Matsumoto. 486 00:42:15,059 --> 00:42:18,961 I have something I want to show you. 487 00:42:19,129 --> 00:42:20,153 What is it? 488 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,393 "December 26, Meguro, Tokyo" 489 00:42:25,536 --> 00:42:29,973 I wanted to show you these loops. 490 00:42:30,674 --> 00:42:36,135 When I woke up yesterday morning, I found the yarn. 491 00:42:36,947 --> 00:42:41,509 And the wool was tied into these complicated knots. 492 00:42:41,652 --> 00:42:44,382 With many loops. 493 00:42:44,555 --> 00:42:50,255 I don't recall putting the yarn here before I went to bed. 494 00:42:50,728 --> 00:42:54,824 I don't remember tying the wool in knots, either. 495 00:42:55,132 --> 00:42:59,967 Something must have happened while I was asleep. 496 00:43:00,504 --> 00:43:04,406 I'm scared to fall asleep now... 497 00:43:04,608 --> 00:43:07,338 I'll leave the camera plugged in. 498 00:43:07,478 --> 00:43:10,106 Turn it on when you go to bed. 499 00:43:10,881 --> 00:43:12,178 Okay. 500 00:43:21,992 --> 00:43:25,587 "Later that night" 501 00:44:45,943 --> 00:44:48,741 And you never woke up until morning? 502 00:44:49,379 --> 00:44:50,744 No. 503 00:44:53,784 --> 00:44:57,845 And you remember nothing after you fell asleep initially? 504 00:44:58,889 --> 00:45:00,686 No, I don't. 505 00:45:13,837 --> 00:45:18,433 These loops look just like the ones on the wool. 506 00:45:19,042 --> 00:45:20,475 They do... 507 00:45:20,611 --> 00:45:24,206 Very similar... The way they are tied... 508 00:45:39,797 --> 00:45:46,100 Maybe this is the same banging noise recorded on the video. 509 00:45:48,338 --> 00:45:50,169 It may be. 510 00:45:51,875 --> 00:45:56,175 A girl who works for the same agency lives upstairs. 511 00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:57,870 Is that right? 512 00:45:58,348 --> 00:46:00,816 How long has it been like this? 513 00:46:01,351 --> 00:46:03,148 Lately... 514 00:46:03,287 --> 00:46:05,118 Uh-huh. 515 00:46:07,291 --> 00:46:08,815 Sorry to bother you. 516 00:46:08,959 --> 00:46:10,984 What's up? 517 00:46:14,031 --> 00:46:15,828 Is this for TV? 518 00:46:15,966 --> 00:46:22,565 Have you been banging on the floor? 519 00:46:23,373 --> 00:46:26,399 What? No, I haven't. 520 00:46:26,543 --> 00:46:28,408 Did you hear a banging sound? 521 00:46:29,179 --> 00:46:32,740 I've been here all day, but I didn't hear anything. 522 00:46:32,883 --> 00:46:34,350 - Didn't you? - No. 523 00:46:34,618 --> 00:46:37,985 I heard banging... 524 00:46:38,255 --> 00:46:44,285 late last night, too. 525 00:46:44,761 --> 00:46:48,720 Really? I didn't hear that either. 526 00:46:48,899 --> 00:46:50,230 Are you sure? 527 00:46:50,567 --> 00:46:55,004 Have you noticed anything out of the ordinary recently? 528 00:46:56,340 --> 00:47:01,368 Have you felt inexplicably sick? 529 00:47:01,578 --> 00:47:03,170 Anything like that? 530 00:47:04,581 --> 00:47:08,244 No, nothing strange has been happening in my life. 531 00:47:08,652 --> 00:47:11,280 Sorry. Did we scare you? 532 00:47:11,421 --> 00:47:12,854 No, it's okay. 533 00:47:17,227 --> 00:47:21,129 "January 6, 2004, Nakano, Tokyo" 534 00:47:21,865 --> 00:47:24,834 I didn't know what this was before... 535 00:47:24,968 --> 00:47:27,266 But I think this is a telephone pole 536 00:47:27,404 --> 00:47:31,397 3 stories. Even the number of windows matches. 537 00:47:31,541 --> 00:47:34,567 It's a bluish-colored building, too. 538 00:47:34,778 --> 00:47:36,439 And the room indicated is... 539 00:47:36,580 --> 00:47:40,676 2nd from the right on the 3rd floor. 540 00:47:40,851 --> 00:47:44,753 The one with garbage bags on the veranda. 541 00:47:45,422 --> 00:47:47,549 Let's go to the room. 542 00:47:59,503 --> 00:48:01,164 A person named Osawa lives here. 543 00:48:07,010 --> 00:48:10,741 Hello, is Mr. Osawa in? 544 00:48:22,092 --> 00:48:23,491 I can hear something inside. 545 00:48:31,468 --> 00:48:33,197 Excuse me. 546 00:48:33,403 --> 00:48:38,500 Do you know anything about Mr. Osawa who lives next door? 547 00:48:39,109 --> 00:48:42,601 He's a man of about 25. 548 00:48:42,746 --> 00:48:47,342 I barely see him. He's often talking to himself. 549 00:48:47,484 --> 00:48:52,046 He was also making the banging sound a while ago. 550 00:48:52,189 --> 00:48:55,420 Did you hear that noise? 551 00:48:55,559 --> 00:49:01,555 Have you ever seen the man with a girl of... 552 00:49:01,698 --> 00:49:06,658 about 10 years of age? 553 00:49:07,137 --> 00:49:10,334 No, I've never seen him with a girl. 554 00:49:13,477 --> 00:49:17,641 "January 7" 555 00:49:23,620 --> 00:49:27,351 The pigeons are only on Osawa's veranda. 556 00:49:28,492 --> 00:49:30,084 It's strange. 557 00:49:30,460 --> 00:49:33,020 Keep the camera on the room. 558 00:49:33,163 --> 00:49:34,323 Definitely. 559 00:50:06,897 --> 00:50:09,024 There he is. 560 00:50:27,484 --> 00:50:31,284 "A few days later, Osawa vanished." 561 00:50:40,497 --> 00:50:47,926 There's a strange sound on the tape of Marika in her room. 562 00:50:48,071 --> 00:50:49,663 I'll play it back. 563 00:51:00,217 --> 00:51:01,241 Around here. 564 00:51:15,265 --> 00:51:17,256 Did you hear that? 565 00:51:21,171 --> 00:51:25,801 "We had the tape analyzed." 566 00:51:28,044 --> 00:51:31,810 The original sound's here. On the right it's processed. 567 00:51:32,115 --> 00:51:33,707 You can compare them. 568 00:51:39,356 --> 00:51:41,881 The noise is reduced on this recording. 569 00:51:51,568 --> 00:51:53,229 What's Kagutaba? 570 00:52:21,798 --> 00:52:22,924 What do you think? 571 00:52:24,668 --> 00:52:28,399 It actually sounds like... 572 00:52:28,605 --> 00:52:35,636 the voice I heard at the shrine that night. 573 00:52:36,046 --> 00:52:40,574 You mean the shrine you visited for the TV show? 574 00:52:40,750 --> 00:52:42,274 Yes. 575 00:52:42,619 --> 00:52:45,087 It sounds just like that voice. 576 00:52:45,922 --> 00:52:50,552 The voice on the tape seems to be saying, Kagutaba. 577 00:52:50,694 --> 00:52:53,857 Kagutaba? 578 00:52:55,031 --> 00:53:00,264 Does the word Kagutaba mean anything to you? 579 00:53:02,405 --> 00:53:06,637 No, I don't think so. 580 00:53:07,110 --> 00:53:08,805 I've never heard of it. 581 00:53:18,321 --> 00:53:20,789 "Kobayashi started to look into the word Kagutaba." 582 00:53:20,991 --> 00:53:23,323 It's this word, Kagutaba. 583 00:53:23,460 --> 00:53:24,950 Yes, Kagutaba. 584 00:53:25,362 --> 00:53:31,062 It's far fetched, but you could speculate that it derives from 585 00:53:31,201 --> 00:53:33,931 Kamitama, meaning god's spirit. 586 00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:35,799 I see. God's spirit... 587 00:53:35,939 --> 00:53:40,205 Have you ever heard a foreign word 588 00:53:40,343 --> 00:53:42,675 that sounds like Kagutaba? 589 00:53:42,812 --> 00:53:45,406 I can't think of any. 590 00:53:45,548 --> 00:53:47,778 Is this Doctor Shioya? 591 00:53:47,984 --> 00:53:51,317 I'm trying to find out about a strange word. 592 00:53:51,621 --> 00:53:53,953 The word is Kagutaba. 593 00:53:54,424 --> 00:53:55,391 Kagutaba? 594 00:53:55,525 --> 00:53:57,720 Yes, that's right. 595 00:53:57,861 --> 00:54:00,295 Kagutaba... 596 00:54:02,265 --> 00:54:07,396 I think I saw it in some book or something. 597 00:54:12,075 --> 00:54:13,667 It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. 598 00:54:15,845 --> 00:54:18,712 Let's get down to business. 599 00:54:18,848 --> 00:54:22,875 The book you mentioned on the phone. 600 00:54:23,186 --> 00:54:24,551 Can I take a look at it? 601 00:54:25,155 --> 00:54:30,559 This is an ethnological document compiled by the Tokita county office 602 00:54:31,328 --> 00:54:36,425 I found the word Kagutaba mentioned in this book. 603 00:54:36,700 --> 00:54:41,137 There's a town called Shikamimachi in Tokita county. 604 00:54:41,271 --> 00:54:44,001 Right next to the town 605 00:54:44,140 --> 00:54:48,008 there used to be a village called Shimokage village. 606 00:54:48,211 --> 00:54:51,009 It's now at the bottom of a dam. 607 00:54:51,581 --> 00:54:57,645 Before the village's demise the villagers had a strange custom. 608 00:54:57,787 --> 00:55:00,950 It was called the demon ritual. 609 00:55:01,091 --> 00:55:02,820 Demon ritual? 610 00:55:03,059 --> 00:55:06,426 It was performed to pacify the demon. 611 00:55:06,563 --> 00:55:10,829 And according to the book... 612 00:55:11,368 --> 00:55:15,600 The demon was called Kagutaba. 613 00:55:16,740 --> 00:55:22,406 Does that mean that Kagutaba is the name of a demon? 614 00:55:23,179 --> 00:55:28,947 Well, it's difficult to say. I think that it was just... 615 00:55:29,085 --> 00:55:34,853 convenient for them to call the unknown entity a demon. 616 00:55:35,859 --> 00:55:41,229 This is a document that is over 200 years old. 617 00:55:42,098 --> 00:55:44,430 It says Kagutaba right here. 618 00:55:44,601 --> 00:55:48,867 The kanji characters for "disaster, tool and spirit." 619 00:55:49,205 --> 00:55:52,299 The 3 characters make up the word Kagutaba. 620 00:55:52,675 --> 00:55:57,544 A tool that's capable of causing disasters. 621 00:55:57,680 --> 00:55:59,443 That's what it means. 622 00:55:59,849 --> 00:56:04,343 A long time ago, in Shimokage village... 623 00:56:04,487 --> 00:56:09,220 there was a group of sorcerers who migrated from the west. 624 00:56:09,492 --> 00:56:14,987 They developed a type of sorcery called "Shimokage's Way." 625 00:56:15,131 --> 00:56:22,833 One of their spells was called the "Kagutaba method." 626 00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:27,733 The sorcerer performed the spell to summon Kagutaba... 627 00:56:27,877 --> 00:56:32,712 which was sent to an adversary to put him under a deadly spell. 628 00:56:32,849 --> 00:56:37,684 The document says that that was the role of Kagutaba. 629 00:56:37,854 --> 00:56:41,551 But in one incident, when a sorcerer summoned Kagutaba... 630 00:56:41,791 --> 00:56:45,454 it disobeyed the instructions of the sorcerer. 631 00:56:46,029 --> 00:56:49,829 It started to do evil things on its own. 632 00:56:50,099 --> 00:56:53,591 So the sorcerer... performed another spell 633 00:56:53,937 --> 00:56:59,398 and finally succeeded in confining Kagutaba deep underground. 634 00:57:03,146 --> 00:57:07,344 "Shimokage Village submerged with the construction of Shikami Dam in 1978" 635 00:57:07,484 --> 00:57:09,452 "The demon ritual was discontinued." 636 00:57:11,488 --> 00:57:13,388 This is Shikami town hall. 637 00:57:13,656 --> 00:57:17,717 I'm interested in the old rituals performed 638 00:57:17,861 --> 00:57:20,694 at Shimokage village before it went underwater. 639 00:57:21,998 --> 00:57:23,898 Okay... Hold on please. 640 00:57:26,069 --> 00:57:28,936 So you want to know about the Shimokage rituals? 641 00:57:29,072 --> 00:57:30,300 Yes, I do. 642 00:57:30,773 --> 00:57:33,742 We don't have it very well documented so... 643 00:57:33,977 --> 00:57:36,673 I'll introduce you to someone. 644 00:57:36,913 --> 00:57:40,815 Mr. Tanimura researches local history. 645 00:57:41,050 --> 00:57:43,382 Hello, my name's Kobayashi. 646 00:57:44,988 --> 00:57:46,512 Oh, hello there. 647 00:57:47,290 --> 00:57:48,882 Please come in. 648 00:57:49,425 --> 00:57:53,293 The ritual was never performed publicly. 649 00:57:53,429 --> 00:57:55,522 So there's no documentation. 650 00:57:56,065 --> 00:58:00,764 But the last ritual performed in 1978 was filmed 651 00:58:00,937 --> 00:58:06,705 by a film production contracted by Mr. Ishii, the priest. 652 00:58:07,243 --> 00:58:09,473 These are the 16mm films. 653 00:58:10,747 --> 00:58:13,545 I pleaded with the Ishii family to give them to me. 654 00:58:13,816 --> 00:58:21,154 This is the video. I transferred the film to video. 655 00:58:31,701 --> 00:58:37,537 Shimokage village was a community of sorcerers. 656 00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:40,741 The villagers still believe in sorcery. 657 00:58:43,012 --> 00:58:46,675 Now it's becoming a fading memory 658 00:58:46,983 --> 00:58:54,014 but they still place a sickle at the door to keep away evil spirits. 659 00:58:54,157 --> 00:59:00,255 Those who left the village have a sickle above their front doors. 660 00:59:00,663 --> 00:59:02,096 Interesting. 661 00:59:02,231 --> 00:59:03,562 "We don't need a dam!" 662 00:59:07,370 --> 00:59:11,033 Shimokage sorcerers used dogs in their rituals. 663 00:59:11,307 --> 00:59:16,574 That's why the villagers still have dogs. 664 00:59:19,816 --> 00:59:23,479 This is the Demon Shrine where the ritual was performed. 665 00:59:25,121 --> 00:59:29,057 Mr. Ishii was a priest at this shrine. 666 00:59:29,392 --> 00:59:31,587 You'll see him in a minute. 667 00:59:35,198 --> 00:59:39,066 Look. That's Kagutaba. 668 00:59:42,405 --> 00:59:46,239 This ritual is to pacify the demon. 669 01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:14,363 Now Kagutaba is rampaging. 670 01:00:31,220 --> 01:00:34,883 That's Ishii, the priest. 671 01:00:35,558 --> 01:00:39,756 He is going to pacify Kagutaba. 672 01:00:46,936 --> 01:00:49,837 Now the priest will bow... 673 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:59,241 One bow, four claps... and one bow. 674 01:00:59,949 --> 01:01:04,613 This is a distinctive way to bow, only done at this shrine. 675 01:01:06,022 --> 01:01:12,484 Usually it's two bows, two claps and one bow. 676 01:01:13,963 --> 01:01:17,592 But this is one bow, four claps, one bow. 677 01:01:17,734 --> 01:01:23,400 There is no other place in Japan where people bow in this manner. 678 01:01:23,673 --> 01:01:27,769 But after the priest bowed... 679 01:01:27,944 --> 01:01:34,713 The woman who was playing the part of Kagutaba became delirious. 680 01:01:34,951 --> 01:01:37,112 They had to stop the ritual. 681 01:02:26,869 --> 01:02:31,829 The religious villagers said that she was possessed. 682 01:02:32,809 --> 01:02:36,540 Some said that owing to the dam plan... 683 01:02:36,712 --> 01:02:41,706 the ritual wouldn't be performed again, which angered Kagutaba. 684 01:02:41,951 --> 01:02:44,283 They thought it was some kind of curse. 685 01:02:45,087 --> 01:02:51,424 In the legend, Kagutaba was confined underneath Shimokage village. 686 01:02:51,727 --> 01:02:55,493 And it's the demon in the ritual. 687 01:02:55,898 --> 01:02:58,628 What was it really? 688 01:02:59,168 --> 01:03:02,797 Nobody knows for sure. 689 01:03:04,106 --> 01:03:09,203 I would like to meet Mr. Ishii, the priest. 690 01:03:09,712 --> 01:03:11,202 Is that possible? 691 01:03:11,747 --> 01:03:18,516 7 years ago, immediately after giving me the film... 692 01:03:18,754 --> 01:03:21,018 Mr. Ishii died from an illness. 693 01:03:21,190 --> 01:03:25,627 So did his wife but their only daughter's still alive. 694 01:03:26,329 --> 01:03:31,198 She was the possessed woman in the film... 695 01:03:31,334 --> 01:03:34,497 She recently moved back here from Tokyo. 696 01:03:34,637 --> 01:03:38,733 I heard that she lives with her son in the Ishii house. 697 01:03:39,275 --> 01:03:42,267 She's in the Mikaishi community, 698 01:03:42,411 --> 01:03:44,504 where the Shimokage villagers moved to. 699 01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:46,147 Mikaishi? 700 01:03:46,616 --> 01:03:50,177 I also heard that she's a bit eccentric. 701 01:03:51,053 --> 01:03:54,386 I don't know if she'll talk to you. 702 01:04:05,401 --> 01:04:07,266 "Mikaishi Village" 703 01:04:07,403 --> 01:04:09,496 I think we're almost there. 704 01:04:31,827 --> 01:04:33,226 What's this? 705 01:05:04,460 --> 01:05:06,553 This has to have some connection. 706 01:05:11,033 --> 01:05:12,432 Hello? 707 01:05:16,105 --> 01:05:17,572 Hello? 708 01:05:21,243 --> 01:05:23,143 Anybody home? 709 01:05:26,349 --> 01:05:28,943 How can you talk to me like that!? 710 01:05:29,318 --> 01:05:32,845 I'm asking you! How can you talk to me like that? 711 01:05:43,566 --> 01:05:45,397 Did you see her? 712 01:05:46,002 --> 01:05:47,594 I did. 713 01:05:48,938 --> 01:05:55,104 A woman in her 40s and her boy, aged between 6 and 9. 714 01:05:55,578 --> 01:05:58,741 How can you just talk to me like that? 715 01:05:58,948 --> 01:06:02,111 So her name is Junko Ishii. 716 01:06:06,122 --> 01:06:10,650 Kobayashi asked around. 717 01:06:14,230 --> 01:06:16,130 Look, the sickle. 718 01:06:17,233 --> 01:06:19,633 Hello, anybody home? 719 01:06:30,813 --> 01:06:33,646 Is anybody home? 720 01:06:34,250 --> 01:06:35,217 Nobody. 721 01:06:39,188 --> 01:06:40,655 May I help you? 722 01:06:40,990 --> 01:06:45,984 Excuse me but do you know the Ishii house down the street? 723 01:06:46,695 --> 01:06:49,425 There seems to be something strange... 724 01:06:49,698 --> 01:06:54,362 Yeah, ever since the daughter came back. 725 01:06:54,770 --> 01:06:56,931 You'd best stay away from her. 726 01:06:58,941 --> 01:07:00,238 For you own sake. 727 01:07:07,483 --> 01:07:08,677 Excuse me. 728 01:07:10,986 --> 01:07:12,112 What? 729 01:07:12,288 --> 01:07:13,380 Sorry to bother you. 730 01:07:13,522 --> 01:07:14,614 TV? 731 01:07:14,957 --> 01:07:19,053 You know Mrs. Ishii down the street. 732 01:07:19,361 --> 01:07:20,760 Ishii? 733 01:07:35,177 --> 01:07:40,809 I'm a journalist doing research. You may be able to help me. 734 01:07:40,950 --> 01:07:41,712 Could you help me? 735 01:07:41,851 --> 01:07:43,375 Come in. 736 01:07:43,786 --> 01:07:45,754 Oh, thank you so much. 737 01:07:46,856 --> 01:07:52,556 I was a good friend of Junko's before she moved out. 738 01:07:52,862 --> 01:07:57,390 She left the village to go to nursing school in Tokyo. 739 01:07:57,533 --> 01:08:01,469 Do you remember the name of the school? 740 01:08:01,604 --> 01:08:09,306 Musashino Nurse School or something. I don't remember clearly. 741 01:08:09,445 --> 01:08:14,542 How can I put this... Has Junko always been... 742 01:08:14,683 --> 01:08:17,618 mentally disturbed like she is now? 743 01:08:17,753 --> 01:08:19,345 Not at all. 744 01:08:19,522 --> 01:08:22,389 She was just a friendly, regular girl. 745 01:08:22,525 --> 01:08:23,321 Was she? 746 01:08:23,459 --> 01:08:26,951 She changed after the demon ritual. 747 01:08:27,096 --> 01:08:28,427 The demon ritual? 748 01:08:29,031 --> 01:08:31,295 She started to act strangely. 749 01:08:32,868 --> 01:08:37,567 I think the ritual caused her to become possessed. 750 01:08:40,042 --> 01:08:45,810 She told me that she'd heard god's voice. 751 01:08:46,415 --> 01:08:49,213 She said she had to obey his words. 752 01:08:50,486 --> 01:08:54,820 She became kind of strange after that. 753 01:08:55,257 --> 01:09:00,957 I heard that people thought it was the Kagutaba's curse. 754 01:09:01,697 --> 01:09:03,324 Do you think she was... 755 01:09:20,950 --> 01:09:23,180 Excuse me? 756 01:09:28,157 --> 01:09:29,317 Hello? 757 01:09:35,831 --> 01:09:38,061 "January 21, Musashino, Tokyo" 758 01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:44,662 May I ask a few questions about Junko Ishii, one of your graduates? 759 01:09:44,807 --> 01:09:49,107 After she graduated in 1982 760 01:09:49,245 --> 01:09:53,978 she got a job at an obstetric clinic in Hachioji. 761 01:09:54,116 --> 01:09:56,243 I can disclose the name of the clinic 762 01:09:56,418 --> 01:10:00,286 but it closed in 2000. 763 01:10:03,626 --> 01:10:07,528 May I ask you some questions 764 01:10:07,730 --> 01:10:10,460 regarding somebody you used to work with? 765 01:10:10,599 --> 01:10:12,089 Sure. 766 01:10:12,668 --> 01:10:16,195 Junko Ishii. What kind of a person was she? 767 01:10:16,939 --> 01:10:21,899 She was a very hardworking woman. 768 01:10:22,111 --> 01:10:25,103 Quiet in a spooky sort of way. 769 01:10:25,381 --> 01:10:30,409 She was the kind of woman who only talks about work. 770 01:10:31,253 --> 01:10:34,484 The clinic we used to work for... 771 01:10:34,623 --> 01:10:39,993 performed abortions even into the 22nd week of pregnancies. 772 01:10:41,263 --> 01:10:43,788 It's clearly illegal. 773 01:10:44,033 --> 01:10:50,268 And she was the one in charge of disposing of the aborted embryos. 774 01:10:50,406 --> 01:10:54,809 There was a rumor that she took the embryos home. 775 01:10:57,146 --> 01:10:59,671 "Did she really take the embryos?" 776 01:10:59,815 --> 01:11:02,113 "If she did, for what purpose?" 777 01:11:05,354 --> 01:11:08,448 "February 6" 778 01:11:11,293 --> 01:11:16,595 Midori? Is she your colleague... 779 01:11:16,732 --> 01:11:19,200 the one who lives directly upstairs? 780 01:11:22,838 --> 01:11:24,635 Yes. Midori has... 781 01:11:33,482 --> 01:11:35,279 She's dead. 782 01:11:38,420 --> 01:11:44,655 The police came and told me that... 783 01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:58,902 Midori... committed suicide. 784 01:12:00,809 --> 01:12:03,175 She did it in the park. 785 01:12:05,214 --> 01:12:09,048 She killed herself with... 786 01:12:10,386 --> 01:12:13,617 a bunch of strangers. 787 01:12:16,592 --> 01:12:18,617 They hanged themselves... 788 01:12:22,097 --> 01:12:25,260 Do you think it was my fault? 789 01:12:30,172 --> 01:12:34,632 I got so scared that I left the apartment. 790 01:12:41,350 --> 01:12:43,147 I'm sorry... 791 01:12:43,986 --> 01:12:45,954 I'm sorry... 792 01:12:49,792 --> 01:12:54,320 Kobayashi asked his wife to take care of Marika. 793 01:13:01,069 --> 01:13:02,832 I'm home. 794 01:13:05,140 --> 01:13:06,471 Hi. 795 01:13:06,809 --> 01:13:07,639 Keiko, my wife. 796 01:13:07,776 --> 01:13:09,073 Nice to meet you. 797 01:13:09,611 --> 01:13:13,012 It's nice of you to let me stay. 798 01:13:15,684 --> 01:13:19,518 "News footage aired the same night" 799 01:13:19,688 --> 01:13:24,455 6 am today in Hironuma Park in Nerima, Tokyo... 800 01:13:24,693 --> 01:13:29,562 7 men and women were found dead. 801 01:13:29,698 --> 01:13:32,599 They were hanging from the iron bar of the swing. 802 01:13:33,602 --> 01:13:39,336 It's suspected that the strangers got together to commit suicide. 803 01:13:42,678 --> 01:13:46,774 "7 bodies hanging from the swing." 804 01:13:53,088 --> 01:13:58,617 Here are the names of those who hanged themselves. 805 01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:00,853 "February 10" 806 01:14:01,763 --> 01:14:03,094 Look. 807 01:14:04,766 --> 01:14:09,226 This is the girl who lived upstairs from Marika. 808 01:14:15,043 --> 01:14:16,943 And look at him. 809 01:14:27,789 --> 01:14:32,385 When he first moved in he was just a pleasant, normal guy. 810 01:14:32,728 --> 01:14:36,630 But about half a year ago... It was around last summer... 811 01:14:36,798 --> 01:14:42,327 He started to complain a lot to the woman who was living next door. 812 01:14:42,604 --> 01:14:44,162 They argued a lot. 813 01:14:44,306 --> 01:14:45,364 Is that right? 814 01:14:45,507 --> 01:14:50,467 His neighbor was a tough middle-aged woman. 815 01:14:51,246 --> 01:14:56,548 But eventually she moved out. I guess she felt scared. 816 01:14:56,818 --> 01:14:59,309 The neighbor moved out? 817 01:14:59,454 --> 01:15:08,158 Do you remember what kind of arguments they used to have? 818 01:15:11,133 --> 01:15:14,500 He complained about the baby being too noisy. 819 01:15:14,636 --> 01:15:15,830 A baby? 820 01:15:15,971 --> 01:15:18,064 She didn't have a baby, though. 821 01:15:18,340 --> 01:15:24,506 It was just her and her boy who was 5 or 6. 822 01:15:25,614 --> 01:15:27,878 Just a moment, please... 823 01:15:29,718 --> 01:15:34,746 Is the woman who used to live there... 824 01:15:36,124 --> 01:15:38,888 Is this the woman? 825 01:15:39,227 --> 01:15:41,320 Yes, that's her. 826 01:15:41,997 --> 01:15:43,897 No mistake. It's her. 827 01:15:50,005 --> 01:15:52,838 "News footage, February 12" 828 01:15:54,076 --> 01:15:55,407 Next news. 829 01:15:55,744 --> 01:15:58,372 Earlier today at an apartment in Fuchu 830 01:15:58,614 --> 01:16:03,278 a businessman stabbed his wife to death and got arrested. 831 01:16:03,685 --> 01:16:06,415 Our reporter is at the murder site. 832 01:16:07,389 --> 01:16:09,289 Today at 7:10 am 833 01:16:09,524 --> 01:16:14,723 a man called the police and said that he'd stabbed his wife. 834 01:16:15,030 --> 01:16:17,225 The police rushed to the apartment 835 01:16:17,399 --> 01:16:21,631 and found Kimiko Yano stabbed to death. 836 01:16:22,204 --> 01:16:27,141 Also at the site was the suspect, Teruyuki Yano, her husband. 837 01:16:27,275 --> 01:16:30,574 He confessed and was arrested on the spot. 838 01:16:30,812 --> 01:16:36,478 So far he has not told the police why he killed his wife. 839 01:16:36,885 --> 01:16:41,948 Their daughter has been missing for a few months. 840 01:16:42,090 --> 01:16:45,355 Do the police know anything about her disappearance? 841 01:16:46,328 --> 01:16:48,922 They have no information on her. 842 01:16:49,164 --> 01:16:54,227 Kana, the daughter disappeared on December 19 last year. 843 01:16:54,503 --> 01:16:56,232 No clues have been found. 844 01:16:59,641 --> 01:17:05,375 Today, Marika's cooking for me. 845 01:17:05,514 --> 01:17:06,913 It's something yummy. 846 01:17:08,150 --> 01:17:12,052 It's Spaghetti al Bongole with tomato sauce. 847 01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:17,553 Here, my special pasta and potato salad. 848 01:17:18,527 --> 01:17:19,858 They look great. 849 01:17:20,028 --> 01:17:24,328 And this is... my special tea. 850 01:17:24,466 --> 01:17:26,331 Isn't it out of a can? 851 01:17:26,468 --> 01:17:28,993 No. It's my special oolong tea. 852 01:17:31,039 --> 01:17:33,200 Would you like some Tabasco? 853 01:17:33,608 --> 01:17:35,508 Yes? Here it comes. 854 01:17:37,312 --> 01:17:40,941 A gourmet lunch. 855 01:17:45,987 --> 01:17:47,352 Marika? 856 01:17:53,862 --> 01:17:55,454 Marika! 857 01:18:02,704 --> 01:18:05,673 Marika, what's wrong? 858 01:18:09,444 --> 01:18:10,911 Did I groan? 859 01:18:11,046 --> 01:18:12,411 Yes. 860 01:18:15,150 --> 01:18:20,952 You seemed to be suffering, you groaned and... 861 01:18:23,859 --> 01:18:31,095 And some things crashed into the window at the same time. 862 01:18:50,852 --> 01:18:52,319 What is it? 863 01:18:52,487 --> 01:18:54,751 Are you okay? 864 01:19:31,526 --> 01:19:33,551 I'm... 865 01:19:34,830 --> 01:19:37,060 I'm the next one to die. 866 01:19:47,676 --> 01:19:50,907 I'm going to Nagano again. 867 01:19:51,613 --> 01:19:54,081 I'll talk to Junko Ishii... 868 01:19:54,683 --> 01:20:00,485 and get her to talk to us. 869 01:20:02,891 --> 01:20:08,796 That will help us solve this mystery. 870 01:20:14,269 --> 01:20:21,107 Hori, the psychic said to watch out for pigeons. 871 01:20:22,510 --> 01:20:29,746 Did he mean that pigeons were a sign of imminent death? 872 01:20:37,225 --> 01:20:44,529 Let's visit him tomorrow and ask him about it. 873 01:20:53,675 --> 01:20:55,233 "We visited Mr. Hori" 874 01:20:55,377 --> 01:20:57,902 "to show him the Junko Ishii tape." 875 01:21:00,115 --> 01:21:04,051 "February 13" 876 01:21:10,525 --> 01:21:11,719 Mr. Hori. 877 01:21:13,061 --> 01:21:15,996 Are you ready, Mr. Hori? 878 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:21,563 This is what we want you to watch. 879 01:21:23,238 --> 01:21:24,967 It's on this tape. 880 01:21:48,697 --> 01:21:50,164 I'm sorry. 881 01:21:51,499 --> 01:21:53,091 I've turned it off. 882 01:21:59,341 --> 01:22:02,310 Mr. Hori. 883 01:22:03,178 --> 01:22:07,080 When you watched the video, did you feel something 884 01:22:07,248 --> 01:22:09,239 or did you see anything? 885 01:22:11,486 --> 01:22:13,579 Mr. Hori. 886 01:22:23,365 --> 01:22:24,764 Mr. Kobayashi. 887 01:22:28,103 --> 01:22:30,401 Take me to the dam... 888 01:22:31,106 --> 01:22:34,837 where the village was, the one with the demon rituals. 889 01:22:37,012 --> 01:22:39,412 Why do you want to go there? 890 01:22:39,547 --> 01:22:44,484 I want to try to perform the ritual myself... 891 01:22:45,120 --> 01:22:47,782 and see what it does to me. 892 01:22:47,956 --> 01:22:49,617 Absolutely not! 893 01:22:49,758 --> 01:22:56,220 The ritual might have caused Junko Ishii's possession. 894 01:22:56,698 --> 01:22:58,996 It's too dangerous. 895 01:22:59,901 --> 01:23:04,235 If the ritual is necessary, I'll go and do it by myself. 896 01:23:04,472 --> 01:23:06,599 I don't want to die... 897 01:23:10,078 --> 01:23:12,603 I have to do it myself. 898 01:23:26,027 --> 01:23:27,551 Please. 899 01:23:33,001 --> 01:23:38,769 Okay then. Let's go to the dam. 900 01:23:39,174 --> 01:23:41,836 I'll visit Mr. Hori again 901 01:23:42,177 --> 01:23:44,111 and ask him to come along with us. 902 01:23:46,448 --> 01:23:49,144 Mr. Hori! We need your help! 903 01:23:49,451 --> 01:23:52,113 What can we do to contain the Kagutaba curse? 904 01:23:54,255 --> 01:23:55,552 Mr. Hori. 905 01:23:58,593 --> 01:24:02,051 We can't do this without your help. 906 01:24:04,632 --> 01:24:07,226 Kana... 907 01:24:07,869 --> 01:24:10,269 The worms have eaten her... 908 01:24:10,472 --> 01:24:14,408 Maybe these worms are actually Kagutaba. 909 01:24:34,095 --> 01:24:36,928 It's too quiet around here... 910 01:24:43,872 --> 01:24:47,205 Where are the dogs now? 911 01:24:52,347 --> 01:24:56,249 "We drove to the dam where Shimokage village used to be." 912 01:25:31,753 --> 01:25:34,654 "Shikami Dam" 913 01:25:37,058 --> 01:25:38,025 Are you okay? 914 01:25:53,942 --> 01:25:58,379 This is where we are on the map. 915 01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:01,680 So the shrine must have been... 916 01:26:02,517 --> 01:26:08,251 right between that point and the shore. 917 01:26:15,663 --> 01:26:16,994 Off we go. 918 01:26:17,799 --> 01:26:20,199 Let me know when you get back. 919 01:26:20,735 --> 01:26:22,430 Thank you so much. 920 01:26:24,973 --> 01:26:28,272 We'll be back soon. 921 01:26:35,917 --> 01:26:37,578 Are you okay, Marika? 922 01:26:39,153 --> 01:26:42,816 You don't look good. We should go back. 923 01:26:42,991 --> 01:26:45,459 - I'm okay. - Are you sure? 924 01:26:47,795 --> 01:26:49,228 We're almost there. 925 01:27:03,511 --> 01:27:04,671 It's about here. 926 01:27:05,947 --> 01:27:08,780 Let's get ready. 927 01:27:46,487 --> 01:27:47,784 Good. 928 01:27:49,057 --> 01:27:54,324 Now, you bow in that special way. 929 01:27:55,663 --> 01:28:02,398 One bow, four claps, one bow... 930 01:28:42,110 --> 01:28:43,304 How do you feel? 931 01:28:56,224 --> 01:28:57,452 Talk to me. 932 01:29:02,363 --> 01:29:04,024 I'm better. 933 01:29:04,732 --> 01:29:05,699 Are you? 934 01:29:06,167 --> 01:29:08,158 I feel lighter. 935 01:29:08,503 --> 01:29:13,964 Good! It worked for you. 936 01:29:14,375 --> 01:29:17,139 It was good we came to do this! 937 01:29:17,278 --> 01:29:19,109 It's gone... 938 01:29:23,151 --> 01:29:28,248 What's wrong, Mr. Hori? 939 01:29:28,423 --> 01:29:29,913 It's not good... 940 01:29:30,057 --> 01:29:31,251 What's not good? 941 01:29:31,726 --> 01:29:33,751 It's not good at all... 942 01:29:34,095 --> 01:29:37,030 I feel so much clearer now. 943 01:29:37,665 --> 01:29:39,599 Thank you so much. 944 01:29:48,409 --> 01:29:49,740 Hurry back! 945 01:29:51,078 --> 01:29:53,376 Oh, no, no, no! 946 01:29:53,714 --> 01:29:55,045 Hurry! 947 01:29:55,349 --> 01:29:59,547 Get out of there! 948 01:29:59,921 --> 01:30:02,014 They'll eat you up! 949 01:30:02,590 --> 01:30:04,023 Now! 950 01:30:04,158 --> 01:30:05,523 Hurry! 951 01:30:06,627 --> 01:30:09,994 We have to leave the mountain! 952 01:30:10,331 --> 01:30:11,491 Drive away! 953 01:30:11,632 --> 01:30:14,066 Let's get out of here, then. 954 01:30:14,202 --> 01:30:16,170 Back to the car. 955 01:30:18,005 --> 01:30:19,165 Mr. Hori. 956 01:30:21,309 --> 01:30:22,435 Kana! 957 01:30:26,747 --> 01:30:28,715 Wait a minute, Mr. Hori! 958 01:30:28,850 --> 01:30:30,579 Take care of Marika. 959 01:30:30,852 --> 01:30:31,841 No problem. 960 01:30:36,357 --> 01:30:38,348 Mr. Kobayashi, wait! 961 01:30:38,626 --> 01:30:41,151 Don't worry, I'll be right back. 962 01:30:41,762 --> 01:30:43,593 He's okay. Let's go. 963 01:30:43,764 --> 01:30:44,731 Are you sure? 964 01:30:45,066 --> 01:30:46,158 To the car. 965 01:30:49,570 --> 01:30:50,730 Wait a minute! 966 01:31:01,082 --> 01:31:04,813 Are they going to be okay? 967 01:31:05,019 --> 01:31:06,486 I'll go look for them later. 968 01:31:07,221 --> 01:31:08,882 How do you feel now? 969 01:31:09,323 --> 01:31:13,123 Me? I'm feeling just fine. 970 01:31:13,794 --> 01:31:14,886 Let's go then. 971 01:31:18,399 --> 01:31:19,423 Mr. Hori! 972 01:31:20,735 --> 01:31:21,997 Kana! 973 01:31:25,673 --> 01:31:27,834 Mr. Hori, you have to stop! 974 01:31:28,442 --> 01:31:30,000 Kana! 975 01:31:45,393 --> 01:31:49,659 Wait a minute! 976 01:32:13,154 --> 01:32:13,916 Marika? 977 01:32:18,826 --> 01:32:21,795 Wait for me, Mr. Hori! 978 01:32:23,064 --> 01:32:24,224 What is it? 979 01:32:25,967 --> 01:32:28,367 What's wrong? 980 01:32:30,504 --> 01:32:31,937 Dogs? 981 01:32:35,176 --> 01:32:37,007 They've just been killed... 982 01:32:37,244 --> 01:32:38,768 Are they the village dogs? 983 01:32:42,683 --> 01:32:46,346 What's happening now? 984 01:32:48,923 --> 01:32:51,858 What's this? 985 01:32:55,663 --> 01:33:00,532 It's a magic field... 986 01:33:05,006 --> 01:33:09,466 What's going on here? 987 01:33:15,516 --> 01:33:18,417 More dead dogs... 988 01:33:18,686 --> 01:33:22,850 Don't go in there! 989 01:33:23,524 --> 01:33:26,550 Stay away! 990 01:33:28,095 --> 01:33:29,221 Marika! 991 01:33:31,666 --> 01:33:34,191 Are you okay, Marika? 992 01:33:37,738 --> 01:33:39,706 Marika, what's wrong? 993 01:33:43,244 --> 01:33:45,644 Should I pull over? Are you okay? 994 01:33:58,259 --> 01:34:00,284 What's wrong? Are you okay? 995 01:34:11,038 --> 01:34:12,198 Marika! 996 01:34:17,278 --> 01:34:18,711 Marika! 997 01:34:25,920 --> 01:34:30,016 What's going on, Mr. Hori? 998 01:34:30,424 --> 01:34:32,824 What did you find there? 999 01:34:37,298 --> 01:34:38,390 Marika! 1000 01:34:40,835 --> 01:34:42,029 Marika! 1001 01:34:49,844 --> 01:34:55,749 Marika, can you hear me? 1002 01:34:57,451 --> 01:34:59,942 Can you hear me? 1003 01:35:00,087 --> 01:35:04,615 Marika! 1004 01:35:20,374 --> 01:35:22,103 It's a shrine! 1005 01:35:22,810 --> 01:35:26,769 Kana... Kana... 1006 01:35:27,515 --> 01:35:28,777 Mr. Hori! 1007 01:35:44,698 --> 01:35:48,657 Mr. Hori, is Kana in there? 1008 01:35:49,270 --> 01:35:50,464 Marika. 1009 01:35:59,013 --> 01:35:59,980 Marika! 1010 01:36:07,721 --> 01:36:11,452 Marika! 1011 01:36:14,495 --> 01:36:16,429 Marika! 1012 01:36:18,499 --> 01:36:19,932 Kana. 1013 01:36:20,267 --> 01:36:23,236 Is she in there? 1014 01:36:29,210 --> 01:36:31,178 This is ancient. 1015 01:36:33,514 --> 01:36:34,606 My God! 1016 01:36:35,115 --> 01:36:38,414 This pattern is the same as what Kana drew... 1017 01:36:41,622 --> 01:36:42,919 What's wrong, Mr. Hori? 1018 01:37:12,286 --> 01:37:16,120 Mr. Hori, are you okay? 1019 01:37:16,924 --> 01:37:18,391 Mr. Hori! 1020 01:37:21,262 --> 01:37:23,787 Get a grip of yourself! 1021 01:37:24,064 --> 01:37:25,497 Marika! 1022 01:37:27,401 --> 01:37:32,100 Come back! 1023 01:37:36,310 --> 01:37:40,212 Can you hear me? 1024 01:37:41,415 --> 01:37:42,643 Yes... 1025 01:37:45,486 --> 01:37:46,851 Are you okay? 1026 01:37:47,488 --> 01:37:49,217 Yes... 1027 01:37:50,124 --> 01:37:52,217 What is this? 1028 01:37:59,400 --> 01:38:03,564 "We took Marika and Mr. Hori to a local hospital." 1029 01:38:06,473 --> 01:38:11,308 "And we went back to Junko Ishii's house in search of truth." 1030 01:38:16,350 --> 01:38:17,510 Excuse me! 1031 01:38:56,523 --> 01:38:57,717 Let's go in. 1032 01:39:13,407 --> 01:39:14,999 Let's go and see. 1033 01:39:51,545 --> 01:39:54,173 Film here. 1034 01:40:02,956 --> 01:40:04,048 Let's go upstairs. 1035 01:40:51,338 --> 01:40:52,862 It's Junko Ishii. 1036 01:40:54,575 --> 01:40:58,602 It's her. She's hung herself. 1037 01:41:02,516 --> 01:41:04,040 Look at that! 1038 01:41:05,586 --> 01:41:07,417 Kagutaba masks. 1039 01:41:12,526 --> 01:41:15,120 She's hung pigeons up here... 1040 01:41:21,268 --> 01:41:23,998 There is a boy behind there! 1041 01:41:24,138 --> 01:41:25,799 A boy? 1042 01:41:26,940 --> 01:41:28,373 Behind there! 1043 01:41:32,913 --> 01:41:34,244 Kana! 1044 01:41:35,015 --> 01:41:37,882 It's Kana! It's her! 1045 01:41:40,587 --> 01:41:44,250 Kana! 1046 01:41:50,731 --> 01:41:52,699 She's cold... 1047 01:41:54,568 --> 01:41:56,297 Are you okay? 1048 01:41:56,770 --> 01:41:58,795 Are you hurt? 1049 01:42:06,613 --> 01:42:07,875 Miyajima. 1050 01:42:09,349 --> 01:42:12,284 We have to call the police now. 1051 01:42:49,323 --> 01:42:53,259 "Missing girl found dead in Nagano." 1052 01:42:54,528 --> 01:42:56,860 "The boy presumed to be Ishii's son" 1053 01:42:56,997 --> 01:42:59,864 "isn't actually her child." 1054 01:43:00,567 --> 01:43:04,059 Kobayashi decided to adopt the boy. 1055 01:43:07,541 --> 01:43:11,375 "March 6" 1056 01:43:13,914 --> 01:43:15,142 Is it good? 1057 01:43:19,052 --> 01:43:20,644 Yummy? 1058 01:43:22,422 --> 01:43:24,652 It's a good omelet, isn't it? 1059 01:43:32,899 --> 01:43:37,768 Do you remember anything about living with that woman? 1060 01:43:59,259 --> 01:44:03,093 Marika, you look very good now. 1061 01:44:03,697 --> 01:44:09,465 Yes. I've been recovering nicely. 1062 01:44:10,771 --> 01:44:13,797 All those supernatural things... 1063 01:44:14,074 --> 01:44:18,101 have stopped happening. 1064 01:44:18,278 --> 01:44:20,109 Everything's normal now. 1065 01:44:20,380 --> 01:44:21,677 Have you gone back to work? 1066 01:44:22,215 --> 01:44:27,847 Yes. I'm going back to work soon. 1067 01:44:28,922 --> 01:44:30,583 You have to eat it. 1068 01:44:30,724 --> 01:44:32,589 Okay, let's eat everybody. 1069 01:44:33,160 --> 01:44:35,094 Let's eat. 1070 01:44:35,896 --> 01:44:36,794 Yummy. 1071 01:44:37,030 --> 01:44:37,792 Are you sure? 1072 01:44:37,931 --> 01:44:39,330 Don't hit me! Ouch... 1073 01:44:48,008 --> 01:44:51,637 "March 13" 1074 01:44:54,514 --> 01:44:57,847 "Hori has been committed to an institution." 1075 01:44:58,352 --> 01:45:01,685 "No visitors are allowed." 1076 01:45:05,058 --> 01:45:06,650 "March 17" 1077 01:45:06,860 --> 01:45:11,092 I looked around for other things connected to Kagutaba 1078 01:45:11,732 --> 01:45:14,030 after you left. 1079 01:45:14,301 --> 01:45:19,762 And I found this in my grandfather's collection. 1080 01:45:20,574 --> 01:45:21,905 Here. 1081 01:45:31,952 --> 01:45:35,888 It says, "Shimokage's Way, The Kagutaba method." 1082 01:45:36,022 --> 01:45:37,284 Oh, that's right. 1083 01:45:38,191 --> 01:45:40,182 I guess this scroll depicts 1084 01:45:40,394 --> 01:45:44,854 the ritual performed to summon Kagutaba. 1085 01:45:45,198 --> 01:45:48,361 These are the monkeys. 1086 01:45:48,769 --> 01:45:52,136 And the dogs. 1087 01:45:53,073 --> 01:45:57,100 They sacrificed the baby monkeys 1088 01:46:01,515 --> 01:46:05,474 and offered them to the medium to eat. 1089 01:46:13,260 --> 01:46:17,219 Just like the ancient spell of the Shimokage sorcery... 1090 01:46:17,697 --> 01:46:22,157 which used baby monkeys as sacrifices. 1091 01:46:22,402 --> 01:46:27,533 Junko Ishii used Kana Yano as a medium. 1092 01:46:28,508 --> 01:46:32,308 She fed Kana the aborted babies... 1093 01:46:32,712 --> 01:46:38,173 in an attempt to resurrect Kagutaba. 1094 01:46:39,019 --> 01:46:44,616 It's only my speculation. 1095 01:46:45,425 --> 01:46:49,452 Now that Junko Ishii's dead 1096 01:46:50,163 --> 01:46:53,257 we'll never know the truth. 1097 01:46:54,801 --> 01:47:01,604 I only hope that the Kagutaba curse has been contained. 1098 01:47:02,175 --> 01:47:05,838 I guess it's too late for all of us. 1099 01:47:22,696 --> 01:47:25,995 "Camera operator, Hisashi Miyajima" 1100 01:47:27,601 --> 01:47:32,061 "Produced by Masafumi Kobayashi" 1101 01:47:40,447 --> 01:47:43,473 2 days after "NOROI, The Curse" was completed... 1102 01:47:54,995 --> 01:47:57,657 The Kobayashi house burned down. 1103 01:47:59,566 --> 01:48:03,866 Later his wife, Keiko was found dead in the remains. 1104 01:48:06,640 --> 01:48:09,803 But Kobayashi wasn't found. He was declared missing. 1105 01:48:13,146 --> 01:48:14,977 3 days after the fire... 1106 01:48:15,448 --> 01:48:20,408 Mitsuo Hori, who had escaped from the institution 1107 01:48:20,720 --> 01:48:22,620 was found dead. 1108 01:48:22,756 --> 01:48:24,724 "Picture of the Dead Man." 1109 01:48:25,892 --> 01:48:28,383 "Mystery of the man who died in the duct!" 1110 01:48:36,770 --> 01:48:42,731 May 19, 2004, a month later 1111 01:48:43,710 --> 01:48:47,612 a package was delivered to Sugishobou Publishing. 1112 01:48:48,248 --> 01:48:50,512 There was no return address. 1113 01:48:51,484 --> 01:48:55,648 The sender's name was Masafumi Kobayashi. 1114 01:48:58,758 --> 01:49:02,023 There was a video camera inside. 1115 01:49:04,864 --> 01:49:06,889 And inside the camera... 1116 01:49:08,268 --> 01:49:10,736 a video cassette was intact. 1117 01:49:30,790 --> 01:49:32,815 What's going on, Mr. Hori? 1118 01:49:34,227 --> 01:49:35,990 Are you okay? 1119 01:49:38,865 --> 01:49:39,832 Mr. Hori? 1120 01:49:40,066 --> 01:49:42,466 You... 1121 01:49:43,703 --> 01:49:47,469 You've been eaten... 1122 01:49:47,774 --> 01:49:50,265 by the worms! 1123 01:49:50,744 --> 01:49:52,302 Are you? 1124 01:49:52,445 --> 01:49:54,037 Excuse me? 1125 01:49:54,381 --> 01:49:58,613 Why don't you put that rock down? 1126 01:50:00,286 --> 01:50:05,417 I can hear Kana... Her voice comes in my head... 1127 01:50:07,560 --> 01:50:12,156 - In my head... lt says... - What is it? 1128 01:50:13,133 --> 01:50:14,896 Kagutaba's alive... 1129 01:50:15,568 --> 01:50:16,865 It lives! 1130 01:50:17,003 --> 01:50:18,664 What did you say? 1131 01:50:19,773 --> 01:50:22,241 Kagutaba lives! 1132 01:50:22,375 --> 01:50:25,833 But Junko Ishii's dead now. 1133 01:50:26,012 --> 01:50:28,480 Kagutaba has gone now. 1134 01:50:28,782 --> 01:50:31,945 You'd better go back to the institution. 1135 01:50:32,085 --> 01:50:33,916 You should go back. 1136 01:50:34,320 --> 01:50:35,844 Should I call the police? 1137 01:50:36,022 --> 01:50:38,217 No... Stop! 1138 01:50:40,326 --> 01:50:41,554 What are you doing? 1139 01:50:45,131 --> 01:50:47,429 Stop! What you're doing! 1140 01:50:52,739 --> 01:50:55,708 Stop it! 1141 01:50:56,543 --> 01:50:58,238 There he is! 1142 01:50:59,112 --> 01:51:00,943 What do you want? 1143 01:51:09,022 --> 01:51:11,547 It's him! 1144 01:51:12,258 --> 01:51:13,782 He killed Kana... 1145 01:51:13,960 --> 01:51:15,552 Wait, just a minute. 1146 01:51:15,762 --> 01:51:17,593 The boy's a victim, too. 1147 01:51:19,632 --> 01:51:22,294 Kana! 1148 01:51:22,469 --> 01:51:24,664 Hold on a second! 1149 01:51:24,971 --> 01:51:28,566 Calm down. 1150 01:51:29,909 --> 01:51:31,604 You have to listen to me. 1151 01:51:33,279 --> 01:51:35,110 Just wait a minute. 1152 01:51:37,217 --> 01:51:41,381 I'll help you with whatever you need. 1153 01:51:42,856 --> 01:51:48,419 Let go off the boy, okay? 1154 01:51:48,561 --> 01:51:50,188 No! 1155 01:51:51,364 --> 01:51:56,267 Stop it! 1156 01:52:02,375 --> 01:52:05,037 Are you okay? 1157 01:52:13,987 --> 01:52:16,512 Kana! 1158 01:52:24,564 --> 01:52:27,658 Keiko! 1159 01:52:30,136 --> 01:52:31,967 Mr. Hori! 1160 01:52:40,346 --> 01:52:43,747 Hori? 1161 01:52:47,353 --> 01:52:49,947 Mr. Hori... 1162 01:53:23,289 --> 01:53:24,620 Keiko? 1163 01:53:31,364 --> 01:53:32,456 Keiko! 1164 01:53:59,525 --> 01:54:00,958 Keiko! 1165 01:54:04,797 --> 01:54:08,255 Keiko! 1166 01:54:13,506 --> 01:54:17,636 Keiko! 1167 01:54:20,213 --> 01:54:27,210 Keiko! 1168 01:54:31,157 --> 01:54:36,720 "Masafumi Kobayashi is still missing today."