In depression, Shizuko jumped into Mount Mihara's crater. Sadako was the daughter of Shizuko Yamamura, who was known for her exceptional ESP abilities but later branded as a charlatan. Then their investigations lead them to search for a person named Sadako Yamamura. After Kazuyuki's wife and child also watch the tape, Kazuyuki realises he must find the truth and perform the 'charm' to prevent the deaths of both his family and his friend. Their investigations lead them to the volcanic island of Oshima. When Ryuji hears Kazuyuki's story, he watches the tape, and asks Kazuyuki to make him a copy for him to study at home. He enlists the help of his best friend, Ryuji Takayama, a philosophy graduate and an admitted rapist. This has a strange mental effect on Kazuyuki, who immediately believes that the tape has now placed its mark on him. That is-' but the rest is erased by an advertisement. If you do not wish to die, do as will be said from now on. At the end of the sequence of cryptic and disturbing images, a warning appears: 'The one who saw these images is destined to die in one week at this time. There he watches a videotape left behind in their room which contains a series of abstract and realistic images. This leads him to a holiday resort called Hakone Pacific Island, where the four teens stayed one week before their death. When four teenagers mysteriously die one night at the same time, Kazuyuki Asakawa, a journalist and uncle to one of the teens, takes a particular interest in the case and investigates.

The Ring by Kōji Suzuki