Yogen is based on the manga Kyoufu Shinbun ("Newspaper of Terror") by Jirō Tsunoda,[2] serialized in Shōnen Champion in 1973.

Three years later, Ayaka, having divorced Hideki, interviews a psychic, Satoko Mikoshiba (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) to learn more about the "Newspaper of Terror".

Grabbing a photo from Mikoshiba's hand, she quickly calls Hideki about the Newspaper of Terror, but he frantically cuts her off as he believes she still thinks he is insane.

Finding a set of videotapes, they watch the first video dated thirteen years previously, in which Kigata (Kei Yamamoto) explains that after receiving premonitions, he worked to prevent it, which, while saving people, caused his hand to mysteriously darken as a side effect.

Planning to move in together with Ayaka, Hideki packs his belongings, but is confronted by visions of the victims of the accidents, including Misato, Wakakubo, Kigata, and Mikoshiba.

A distraught Ayaka screams, while Nana sees the Newspaper of Terror dropping on her, revealing Hideki as the casualty of the car accident.

[1][4] The series was a list of free-standing horror films directed by Masayuki Ochiai, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hideo Nakata and Hiroshi Takahashi.

[6] Tsunoda initially disliked the script, opining that the film did not represent his manga, but reportedly softened on this view after seeing a completed product.

[7] Mark Schilling (The Japan Times) compared the film to Ring and One Missed Call, but stated that the premise behind Premonition "arguably came first" and was "certainly the most fantastic.

"[8] The review noted that the film "makes sense only if you accept that time and space are mental constructs and that life and death are two sides of the same existential coin."