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'"The names of people and organizations that appear in this film..."

"...have been partially modified"

"Produced by Taka Ichise"

"Directed by "Koji Shiraishi"

Please note that the following documentary could offend the viewer's sensitivity

These here are books written by journalist Masafumi Kobayaashi

He has been collecting paranormal phenomena since 1995

Collected strange events

in his career clarify them

Started using video as search material

and in turn compile the result of your search in them

In that nuclear shelter?

Yes, there

I saw it there

running through the forest, very fast

This was where you saw the ghost...

Was it a suicide?

Yes, I saw it on the windshield.

This was where...

they massacred a family of five members

In April 2004

Kobayashi finished his last

documentary video "The Curse"

This must have some connection.

But after that...

The night of April 12, Kobayashi's house collapsed in flames

Later, his wife Keiko was found dead among the remains.

Kobayashi never showed up. He was reported missing

Masami Kobayashi had mysteriously disappeared

His video ''The Curse''

reveals an astonishing truth, difficult for us to assimilate.

"I want the truth"

"It doesn't matter how terrifying it is. I want the truth"

''Masafumi Kobayashi.''

''November 12, 2002, Koganei, Tokyo''

''Masafumi Kobayashi, supernatural reporter

The terrifying voices you told me about... What were they like?

They sounded like voices baby

Baby voices...

''Ryoko Okui, housewife''

When did they start?

a couple of months ago

They came from there, more or less

Who lives there?

A 40-year-old woman with her son, about 6...or 9

There are two of them.

They moved ago half a year

That was the only time that I have seen the child

I haven't seen him since.

I see the mother from time to time, when she goes out.

He never greets me.

I'm a little scared, I don't want my girl to be involved either.

Let's visit the neighbor

Let's go inside

What a disaster...!

hello?

Anyone at home?

I'm in the neighborhood performing some research and...

What way is that? to address me?

How do you talk to me like that?

Could you give me a few minutes? of his time...

How dare you?

My name is Kobayashi and...

Impossible.

give me a break

"The sound was recorded for a tape"

Let's get started.

Can you tell us what the analysis of sound has revealed?

Good.

We have the analysis sound spectrographic

This is all a band noise

But here there is a single signal

I will play it to compare them.

"Raw sound signal"

This one has been reduced noise

''Processed audio signal"

As you can hear, it resembles quite the sound of an animal.

I have enhanced the signal.

Listen carefully

It looks like the sequence of a cat's meow, but what it sounds like...that's not exactly it

What is interesting about of this sound is...

that is not repeated like the meow of a cat, but it ends like an inhalation

That is the main characteristic of the voice of a human baby

in an exam closest

It sounds like the voices of more than five babies.

A few days later of her visit...

they left home

What? Did they move?

What's up with the voices?

�Keep listening those baby moans?

Not since they marched

His name is Junko Ishii

Come here, Miyajima!

Forgive me

They died for five days later

Mrs. Okui lost control of her car while she was driving

The car went over the divider into the incoming traffic... The car attacked the opposite lane...

"Images from a variety show TV, broadcast on August 3, 2003"

Good afternoon everyone!

Good afternoon.

Very well, pay attention.

I want to introduce you

to Mr. Koichi Hirotsu, a medium

Thank you so much

Can you explain to us how Will you proceed with the experiment?

The first experiment is about clairvoyance

''Experiment 1, Clairvoyance''

In each of these containers

there is a piece of paper

There is a drawing in each one of them.

I want you to imagine what is drawn.

''First question''

Ten children with perception extrasensory from all over Japan

"They are here to attest to your skills!

They seem a little nervous

Everyone, concentrated right here

try to visualize the role of the container

They will have a vision in your head

None of us know...

what is drawn on the paper.

One of them has started to draw what she sees.

''One of them has started to draw what she sees ''

Can I really see it?

Let's open the container

and let's take a look to paper

What's on the paper?

The answer is... a double circle

But not only a double circle

Each circle has two points

where the line breaks

It is a figure complex

he would have done it anyone okay?

''Results''

You...

�Right�!

Kana Yano

Can you teach us your drawing?

Look everyone

has been drawn with extreme accuracy.

Even the scale It is exact.

It's incredible!

Kana Yano...

I gave the correct answer

to the four questions what we have for now

''Question 5''

Will Kana solve question 5?

He is already drawing something

''Results''

Teach us all what you have.

Here is the answer to question 5

It's totally different.

"It means star in Russian"

This one was difficult

Maybe she's tired

Now, we will make water appear in sealed bottles.

Call ''materialization"

It is achieved through imagination telekinetics of water in the bottle

let's do it

''The experiment begins''

This section requires a great concentration

And now...

�Are you about to attend a miracle, performed by kana!

Look, it's getting water!

Can you see it?

At the bottom of the bottle... It's coming out of nowhere!

Of course, neither the bottle nor the table They have false funds.

the same girl again

What were you thinking...

...while you were doing it?

In water.

When the water materialized...

...did you feel anything different?

�You felt heat or stupor?

my head hurt

My God!

What is that, exactly?

�It's hair, or something similar?

Yes. I guess he materialized it along with water.

What was it that mysteriously appeared in the bottle?

The tests have arrived They were made to the water that Kana produced

''Professor Takaaki Yuhara, DSc''

The main component is water

We find animal plankton which makes us think...

that it is fresh water of a river or a lake

Water hair belongs, in fact, to an animal

It could be human hair. Not having spinal development...

we would be facing the hair of a newborn

''August 27, Fuchu, Tokyo''

''Kobayashi interview to Kana's parents.''

Hello.

Thanks for coming.

�She has been asleep all day?

Since I had lunch.

''Kana Yano, the medium who appeared on TV''

She has suffered mild fevers from the experiments.

She's spent a lot of time in bed, resting

We took her to the doctor, but she didn't find anything wrong with him

We take great care of her.

We think that the program He forced the boys too much...

Too many experiments.

I wonder if I sold out his powers on that occasion...

'Unpublished images extracted of a television variety show, on October 23"

Hello, we are the Ungirls

We are so famous that ants climb our legs in the park

When you are a carrier of coffins...

It will be so high that I'll have to grab the coffin myself

We are the Ungirls

We are on our way to the sanctuary of a very well known ghost.

We think it would be boring going only two.

That's why we have the presence of actress Marika Matsumoto

Good night. I'm Marika Matsumoto.

I have heard that You have a sixth sense.

It's true.

Have you ever had supernatural experiences?

Yeah. Since I was little...

That much?

Yes. I've seen appearances.

Are you okay, Marika?

I don't know... I feel a tingling on the back of my neck...

A tingling?

I'm afraid...

Maybe we shouldn't get in there...

We are here precisely for that. We will enter.

Here we are!

Do you want to enter?

It gives chills...

Guys I feel something in that direction...

Something very strange...

Over here.

We better we stayed.

Let's all go together.

Is something very strange...

But here there is nothing.

Maybe it's here... Yes, here it is.

Can you focus here?

Just those trees they are dead

The rest is in perfect condition.

They are fine there too.

Only here... They are dead.

Look at this one. It's full of lumps.

Something sticky drips...

What is that? Does it ooze from the same tree?

No! Don't touch it!

Stay back.

Is it bad?

Shit!

What's wrong?

I heard something...

Did you hear that?

I do not hear anything...

A low voice... like a man

A man's voice?

Was it you?

I've had enough.

There's nothing over there.

For the camera! Stop it!

''November 26, a live talk show, a night of real horror stories''

Wasn't it anything special?

It was incredible. I was completely overwhelmed.

How do you feel now, Marika?

A little embarrassed.

�These images have they been edited?

That's right. The director arranged to give me a copy.

In the video, you comment that you hear a man's voice

It was a voice very low.

They sounded like They were calling me.

Did you see me turn when did you hear the voice?

I do not remember anything from that moment.

Nothing at all?

No.

Tonight, we have a special guest who will examine Marika.

A person with psychic abilities.

Let's welcome him!

Let's make him listen to us!

There is our guest.

He wears an outfit quite different.

Can you see us up here? Come on.

We want you to use her powers and Give us your opinion about Marika.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mitsuo Hori.

A man with powers unique psychics.

He is engaged in tasks

that protect humans from ectoplasmic worms.

Look at the flyer that is given to you I said at the entrance.

It's difficult to follow his actions...

Hey, let her go

You're in serious trouble!

Pigeons!

Oh my God, Pigeons!

The Pigeons!

Escort him to the exit.

�Be careful with the pigeons!

''Midoriyama TV Studio''

''Kobayashi meets the director of the program''

Are you Mr. Kobayashi?

- I'm Kobayashi. - I Shimbashi.

When I gave the report to Marika, I extracted a part of it.

I didn't want to scare her.

She appears here, before She screamed and fainted.

There is something I want that you see.

''Promotion Department Sugishobou''

Hello.

This is Miyajima, our camera operator

Nice to meet you.

I'm Marika Matsumoto. A pleasure.

Ah, to the right of her in the video.

It only comes out for a moment. I'll stop it for you so you can see it better.

After this.

There it is.

Oh God...

I don't know if it is related...

What is that, Ms. Matsumoto?

Something has been bothering me since then

take a look to this.

The drawing?

I don't know what it is.

I found myself drawing this, in an unconscious way.

When they started to appear these drawings?

I suppose that...

After the video he would file the tomb.

The tomb...

Wait!

There are too many... I can feel them!

Wait wait...

Do you see something?

No, nothing...

There are too many!

I don't know what they are...

I've had enough.

Do you see something?

'' December 4th''

I stopped having fever some time ago...

However, it has started to behave in a strange way...

It's strange.

Sometimes he speaks to the room... without anyone or anything.

What are you talking about?

Your mother tells me that she didn't see anything...

It's too late for us.

How? What do you mean?

I would take more of this...

No!

No!

What's happening?

Kana...

Kana, better chat

Excuse me...

"Frame from a variety show issued on December 9"

Now, Maria Takagi went to interview a medium

Let's see the interview.

This medium It was really something.

-Did you see him? - Yes

- Is it in the video? - Yes!

Okay, let's see it now.

No? It's like...duh!

What kind of reaction is that?

Here is the interview with The Super Medium!

This is Maria Takagi.

Today, I am here to meet him super medium who lives near here.

I can't wait to find her house.

�It is true that your neighbor next door he is a super medium?

Super medium?

I think he is a crazy psychopath.

I saw him on several occasions taking out the trash...

He is a crazy psychopath.

He has no cure.

So, he's a crazy psychopath.

Is this this?

''Strange messages in the trash''

hello! Is it the house of Super Medium?

Are you the Super Medium?

Mitsuo Hori...

I can do it.

I am a medium.

Could I do an interview with you?

Okay?

I'm entering.

Can you see this? We have to teach this!

The room is completely covered with aluminum foil!!

Hundreds of fliers are stored in these boxes.

What is written on these flyers? I mean...

What are they for?

For years, I have been receiving dangerous information...

Dangerous messages...

Space...

What?

- Space! - Space!

With space...

I can connect...

I can see the future...

Lots of bad guys, bad guys...

Ectoplasmic worms...

It says that here. "Ectoplasmic worms"

The worms are everywhere, crawling, wriggling...

The super medium is expressing itself through body language.

Is this his way of expressing himself with ectoplasmic worms?

"December 22th''

There is something out of the ordinary at the time Kana disappeared?

about a week ago before she disappeared...

There was a man that he visited her.

I had no idea what she was talking about.

He wore a hat covered with foil.

And also...

She had a long coat covered with foil.

And for some reason, Kana told me...

That man was not who threatened her...

The day Kana disappeared...

We found this strange flier. He was face down.

She says, "help." I think it's Kana's handwriting.

See what Kana drew here?

She has always drawn this type of drawings?

'Kana's parents said that they never 'They've seen nothing like this before'

''Aid.''

''The worms are increasing. If we don't reach an agreement with them..."

Hello, is this Mr. Hori's house?

Sorry.

I am a journalist I'm doing some research.

Could you help me with my research? about the missing girl, Kana?

Who are you?

My name is Kobayashi.

I think we met on the talk show the other night.

What?

Come in!

Oh, excuse me.

What's wrong with him? aluminum of the walls?

Why is he covering himself with that?

Protects me from tingling.

Because ectoplasmic worms They are close.

What are those ectoplasmic worms?

Those horrible worms...

They are everywhere.

They eat people and multiply.

Do they eat people?

Kana...

They ate it, too

Kana?

Mr. Hori.

Do you know something about her? right?

Where is Kana now?

I lost track of where she is...

Mr. Hori! Let go of my bag!

Stop at once!

Kana!

This flyer...

I caught him at her house.

What do you know about his disappearance?

Silence!

Blue...

A blue building...

A blue building...

Blue?

Galvanized iron sheets...

What is that?

Cars...

A parking lot?

Are you drawing a map?

The worms are coming out...

The worms?

The worms are coming out.

A young man...

A young man.

The worms took Kana away.

They took her!

To that address?

Wait a moment, Mr. Hori.

I have a plan for you.

This is where we are.

That path!

I can't read the map...

Did he say that path?

What is Kagutaba?

Kagu...How do you say?

Calm down, Mr. Hori!

Are you okay?

Calm down!

Get out!

Excuse us!

Something strange happened to him to the video image...

What do you mean, "weird"?

''Kobayashi searched for Kana according to Mitsuo Hori's map."

Mr. Kobayashi, what about that one? block from there?

There is a parking lot.

But they are in different positions.

That's a blue building.

But it only has two floors.

This is not it.

This is complicated.

Hello, this is Marika Matsumoto.

I have something I want to show you.

What is it?

''December 26, Meguro, Tokyo''

I wanted to show you those loops.

When I woke up yesterday morning, I found the thread.

and the wool was tied in these complicated knots.

With many loops.

I don't remember putting the thread here before going to bed.

I don't remember tying the wool in knots, neither.

something must have happened while I was sleeping.

I'm afraid to fall asleep now...

I will leave the camera plugged in.

Turn it on when you go to bed.

OK.

'That morning'

And you never wake up until morning?

No.

And you don't remember anything afterwards why did you fall asleep?

No.

These loops are the same than those of wool.

They are...

Very similar... The way they are tied...

Maybe it's the same noise that was recorded on video.

Could be.

A girl who works in the same agency She lives upstairs.

Is that true?

Since when is this like this?

lately...

Uh-huh.

I'm sorry I bothered you.

What's wrong?

Is this for TV?

Has she been hitting the ground?

What? No.

Did I hear a roar?

I've been here all day, but I haven't heard anything.

- right? - No.

I heard knocks...

Last night at dawn, too.

Really? I didn't hear that either.

Is she sure?

� she has noticed something out of the ordinary recently?

Has she felt inexplicably ill?

Something like that?

No, nothing strange has happened in my life.

Excuse me. Have we scared him?

No nothing happens.

''January 6, 2004, Nakano, Tokyo''

I didn't know what was this before...

But I think it's a telephone pole.

3 stories. Even the number of windows match.

It's a blueish building, too.

And the room indicated is...

Second from the right in the third floor.

The one with garbage bags on the veranda

Let's go to the apartment.

Someone named Osawa lives here.

Hello, is Mr. Osawa here?

I hear something in there.

Excuse me.

Do you know anything about Mr. Osawa? Who lives next door?

He is a man of about 25.

I barely see him. He usually talks to himself.

It was also making noise he a moment ago.

Did you hear that noise?

Have you ever seen the man with a girl from...

About 10 years old?

No, I have never seen him with a girl

''January 7th''

The pigeons are only in Osawa verandah.

How strange.

Leave the camera in the room.

Definitely.

There it is.

''A few days later, Osawa disappeared.''

There is a strange sound in the tape of Marika in her room.

I'll put it back on.

Over here.

Did you hear that?

''We had the tape analyzed.''

The original sound is here. On the right, the accused.

You can compare them.

Noise has been reduced in the recording.

What is it Kagutaba?

What do you think?

In fact it sounds like...

the voice I heard in the tomb that night.

You mean the tomb What do we visit for TV?

Yes.

It sounds the same than that voice.

It seems to say Kagutaba

Kagutaba?

What does that word mean? something for you?

No...I think not.

I haven't heard it ever.

''Kobayashi began to investigate what was hidden behind the word Kagutaba.''

It is referring to that word, Kagutaba.

Yes, Kagutaba.

We could speculate which derives from...

Kamitama, which means ''Spirit of God''

I see. Spirit of God...

Have you heard any foreign word...

...make it sound like Kagutaba?

I don't know none occurs.

Doctor Shioya?

I'm trying to find out something about a strange word.

The word is 'Kagutaba'.

Kagutaba?

Yes, that's right.

Kagutaba...

I think I saw something ever in a book...or something similar.

A pleasure meet you, sir.

Let's get to the topic.

The book you It was mentioned in the phone call.

Can I take a look at it?

It is an ethnological document compiled by the Tokita County Office.

This is where I found the word Kagutaba.

There is a town called Shikamimachi in Tokita County.

Right next to the town

A town used to be found called Shimokage.

Now it is found at the bottom of a dam.

Before the town disappeared The locals wore strange outfits.

It was what they called a demonic ritual.

A demonic ritual?

It was done for calm the demon

In accordance with the book...

The demon had as name Kagutaba.

�That means Kagutaba Is it the name of a demon?

Well, it's hard to pin down. I think it would be more convenient...

call him a 'demon' simply.

It is a document that It is more than 200 years old.

Here it says Kagutaba, right here.

The kanji characters for ''disaster, tool and spirit.'' The kanji characters for ''disaster, tool and spirit''

The three characters form the word Kagutaba.

A capable tool of causing disasters.

That is what means.

A long time ago, in the town of Shimokage...

there was a group of witches who emigrated from the west.

They developed a type of magic called 'The Way of Shimokage''

One of his spells was called ''The Kagutaba Method''

The witcher interpreted the spell to summon Kagutaba...

that was sent to an enemy to mark him with a deadly spell

The document says That was the role Kagutaba played.

But once, when a sorcerer summoned Kagutaba...

This one disobeyed the sorcerer's instructions.

began to spread evil on his own.

Thus the witcher... performed another spell

and finally confined kagutaba deep underground.

"The town of Shimokage sank." with the construction of the Shimaki Dam in 1978"

"The demonic ritual did not continue"

Ayto. from Shimaki?

I'm interested in some old ones rituals that were performed

in the town of Shimoke before the flood.

Very good. Stay up to date Please wait.

I wanted to know about of the Shimokage rituals?

Yes, that's correct.

We don't have it too much well documented so...

I will introduce you tosomeone.

Mr. Tanimura Research local history.

Hello. I'm Kobayashi.

Oh hello.

Enter please.

The ritual was never publicly displayed.

That's why so there is no documentation

But the last ritual made in 1978 was filmed.

by a contracted producer by Mr. Ishii, the priest.

They are movies in 16mm.

I begged the Ishii family to obtain this footage.

This is the movie. Rip the movie to video.

The town of Shimokage was a community of witches.

Its inhabitants still They believe in spells.

Now it's becoming in a vain memory.

but they still maintain a preferred place for a sickle on the door, to keep evil spirits away.

Those who left the town They keep a sickle in front of their doors.

Interesting.

"We don't need a dam."

Shimokage's sorcerers used dogs in their rituals.

That is the reason why the townspeople They still have dogs.

This is the demon temple where the ritual was performed.

Mr. lshii was a priest in this sanctuary.

You'll see him in a minute.

Look. That's Kagutaba.

This ritual is to calm the demon.

Now, Kagutaba is in an uproar.

That is lshii, the priest.

He goes to calm Kagutaba down.

Now, the priest will greet.

A greeting, four claps... and a greeting.

This is a distinctive way of greeting, which is only done in this sanctuary.

Normally there are two greetings, two claps, and a greeting.

But this is, greetings, four claps, a greeting.

There is no other place in Japan in which people greet this way.

But after the priest greeted...

The woman who played the role Kagutaba began to become delirious.

They had to stop the ritual.