Missing Child Videotape

2025 1h 44m JA

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 19

MysteryHorror

Synopsis

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Keita discovers a missing boy in the woods and soon receives a mysterious videotape from his estranged mother.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rairu Sugita
Keita Kodama
Amon Hirai
Tsukasa Amano
Kokoro Morita
Mikoto Kusumi
Takashi Fujii
Tetsuya Tsukamoto
Yuko Daike
Masatoshi Kihara
Tomohiro Sekimachi
Yagi Yoshida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ryota Kondo
Writers: Suzuyuki Kaneko, Ryota Kondo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released last year.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryota Kondo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Rairu Sugita and Amon Hirai and Kokoro Morita carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt34287697 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ryota Kondo directs. Ryota Kondo cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Ryota Kondo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Rairu Sugita and Amon Hirai and Kokoro Morita carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt34287697 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 10 themes, including "journalist", "grave", "woods", "disappearance".

The technical file

Editing: Ryota Kondo
Makeup / hair: Misa Koide
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Missing Child Videotape (2025)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

Alunauwie2026-02-28
★ 7/10
Missing Child Videotape unfolds as a quiet psychological mystery, following Keita as a resurfaced VHS tape and a child’s cryptic whisper reopen the unresolved disappearance of his brother. The film builds tension through guilt, subtle supernatural elements, and restrained performances, though several narrative details and character arcs feel underdeveloped. While its slow pace and muted resolution may not satisfy everyone, it leaves behind a lingering unease rooted more in sorrow than shock. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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