Missing Child Videotape

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Missing Child Videotape is a Japanese film that blends mystery with horror. The story begins when Keita finds a boy who has gone missing, alone among the trees. This unexpected discovery pulls Keita's life in an unsettling direction. Before long, a mysterious videotape reaches him. The sender is his mother, from whom he has long been estranged. What connection there might be between the boy found in the forest and the tape from his mother becomes a chilling question Keita must answer. Directed by Ryota Kondo from a screenplay by Suzuyuki Kaneko, this 104-minute 2025 Japanese horror mystery stars Rairu Sugita as Keita, with Amon Hirai and Kokoro Morita also in the cast.