Ju-on: The Curse (呪怨)

A CURSE BORN WHEN A PERSON DIES IN A POWERFUL RAGE.

IT GATHERS WHERE THE DEAD PERSON LIVED, AND BECOMES A "STAIN".

ANYONE WHO TOUCHES IT DIES, AND A NEW CURSE IS BORN.

A TOEI VIDEO PRODUCTION

AN OZ AND BENKEI CO-PRODUCTION

PLANNING BY MITSURU KUROSAWA

PRODUCED BY TAKA ICHISE, MASAAKI TAKASHIMA & KAZUO KATO

CHIAKI KURIYAMA

HITOMI MIWA, ASUMI MIWA

YORIKO DOGUCHI, KAORI FUJII, MAYUKO SAITO

YUKO DAIKE, MAKOTO ASHIKAWA

YUREI YANAGI

SUPERVISOR HIROSHI TAKAHASHI

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TAKASHI SHIMIZU

THE CURSE

TOSHIO

SHUNSUKE & MANAMI KOBAYASHI

- I'm back. - Welcome home.

Just give me a few minutes.

Baby, is it okay for you to move like that?

It's okay, Papa.

What's wrong?

Is there a problem?

Aren't you done visiting your students' homes?

One more family to go. Their kid hasn't been coming to school.

Have you contacted his parents?

Can't you get in touch with them?

No.

Being a teacher is tough work, huh?

Yes.

TOSHIO SAEKI 6

TAKEO SAEKI, KAYAKO SAEKI (NÉE KAWAMATA)

Mr Kobayashi?

Hey, do you remember a girl at college called Kawamata?

Kawamata…?

Kayako Kawamata?

- She was… - Kind of creepy, wasn't she?

- What's wrong, all of a sudden? - Oh, no, nothing.

Strange.

- Is it all right eating that much? - Of course it is.

Hello?

Anybody home?

MA'S GRAVE

Toshio?

So, you are home?

Teacher…

What are you doing there?

I'm here today because you never come to school.

Everybody's been worrying about you.

Toshio… is your mother home?

Toshio!

Hello?

Hello?

I'm coming in.

Toshio?

Toshio… Toshio!

What's wrong? Are you okay?

What happened? Are you okay?

You're all right.

Can I just check you?

No fever…

I know…

Toshio, do you remember this drawing you did?

This.

You drew the picture so well. The other teachers thought so, too.

Is your mother out shopping?

Together.

Together? Your mother went out with your father?

- Yeah. - I see.

What were you doing in the bathroom?

YUKI

Yes?

Sorry, I have to go out for a little while.

Here's a snack for your lunch break.

Thank you.

- The cat's back. - There are a lot of cats around here.

I wonder if it's the same one.

It's okay, Yuki. I'll chase it away.

Right.

Kanna, make sure you pay attention. Thanks for teaching her, Yuki.

Hurry up and go!

I'll be back early, so why don't you eat with us, Yuki?

Thank you.

- We get it. Now stop bothering us. - Okay, okay.

Let's begin.

Come on.

Say, do you have one?

- One what? - You know, a boyfriend?

How is that relevant right now?

Come on, tell me.

Fine, we'll take a break when we get this far.

Then can we talk about your boyfriend?

Okay.

- Promise me. - Yeah.

Right, tell me about him.

- What are you talking about? - You are so sly. You promised me.

- Wait a minute. - No. Don't you hear that?

- What's that noise? - Damn, you promised.

No! You really can't hear that?

Okay, I'll tell you.

I don't have a boyfriend now.

- Seriously? - It's true.

That's so boring!

What do you want me to say? I really don't have one.

- What about your ex-boyfriend? - Wait. Be quiet.

You don't hear that noise?

What is it?

That strange noise.

I don't hear anything.

What? Is it just me?

It's a cat!

Knock it off!

- What is it? - I have to go to school today.

- Eh? Go to school? - I have to feed the rabbits.

The rabbits? How can you forget something like that?

- Mizuho. - Kanna!

What? What? What is it?

He's got a new girlfriend.

Tsuyoshi has? Have you met her yet?

- He's only brought her home once. - Really? What's she like?

She's really pretty.

Hey! Quit talking about my girlfriend!

Mizuho!

Take care!

Tsuyoshi!

- Tsuyoshi! - What?

Do you have a picture of your girlfriend?

No!

Tsuyoshi! Tsuyoshi!

MIZUHO

Tsuyoshi!

Tsuyoshi!

Oh, Tezuka… I thought Tsuyoshi was with you.

Huh? No. But his bike's over there.

So he's probably still inside.

- Did you call him? - No, Mr Nakamura took his phone.

Damn. That's no good.

- Is that it? - Yeah, I found it over there.

I wonder if he was with someone.

He'll turn up if you wait long enough. See you.

Hang on, help me look for him!

Hey!

What are you doing? I'm locking up now, so hurry up and go home.

But I'm waiting for my friend.

Friend? What are you talking about?

There's nobody left inside. I just checked.

Yeah, but…

But his bike's over there, and that's his bag.

He's probably still here.

What's your class and name?

- Huh? - Class and name?

Class four, second year. My name is Mizuho Tamura.

- Come to the staff room. - Yes, Miss.

What are you doing?

Who's your form teacher?

I'm going to make sure they hear about this.

Hurry up!

Attention.

Murakami in class four, second year.

Tsuyoshi Murakami in class four, second year.

If you're still on the school grounds, report to the staff room at once.

Murakami in class four, second year.

Tsuyoshi Murakami in class four, second year.

If you're still on the school grounds, report to the staff room at once.

Well, I'll have another look around.

You wait here.

If he comes here, don't go home until I get back.

- Understood? - Yes.

My name's Tamura. I was wondering if Tsuyoshi had come back home.

Okay.

I see.

I know the number.

I understa… Huh?

Okay.

Hello?

Hello?

Are you there?

Hello?

Hello?

KANNA

Doctor, you found something?

There was a dead rabbit's body mixed in with the blood and tissue matter.

Yes, I saw it at the scene. Anything else?

There are no signs that anybody else had a hand in this.

It's as if the body had been twisted and broken by some force of nature.

What's that?

It was found in the dismembered body.

A jawbone?

Yes. It's a human jawbone.

It belongs to someone else.

There was another person at the scene?

Most likely.

They didn't find the body that the jaw came from.

We've sent samples to the lab to try to match the DNA.

The body missing the jaw has disappeared.

What's the cause of death for this one?

Actually… I'm not quite sure.

We can hardly write this off as heart failure.

I've never seen a body like this before.

Excuse me.