 Takeo Saeki is found dead by hanging in "The Grudge," similar to a scene of the series' second respective films, where Kayako appears in the ceiling of a room and, with her hair, strangles and hangs a couple.In the Japanese version, he is killed by Kayako in a street at night, after killing Kobayashi's wife and unborn child.In the novel, he is killed when Kayako's ghost stabs him through the back with a knife.