Tokudaiji Shunichi, a fourth-year film major at Jonan University and aspiring actor, is the leader of the 'Urban Legend Research Circle'. The Circle has a YouTube channel, but it doesn't get a lot of hits. So Shunichi proposes that they go to rumored "haunted spots" and shoot a video as part of their summer training camp. He decides to go to the "abandoned school where Sadako's grudge is sealed", which is said to be the "most frightening place". Circle member Kaga Sayaka decides to hire Yamaguchi Mitsuhiro, a film major who aspires to be a film director, to work as a cameraman, and Mitsuhiro brings Oka Masa, a first-year film major, to be his assistant.