35 years ago, a group of young school children disappeared in the Japanese woods. In present-day Japan, a lazy young reporter is tasked to write a story on a child who is found dead with gory injuries and inexplicable missing organs. Suddenly, the child rises from the dead and takes the journalist on a journey into the woods to unravel a decades-old mystery of what happened to these missing children. With the help of a beautiful young city office clerk, he soon discovers that the children are undead and have not aged in the 35 years since their disappearance, haunting their families who are intent on ending this cycle of violence. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Ame no Machi" (雨の町) included in the short story collection "Shishuki" (死愁記) by Kikuchi Hideyuki (菊地秀行). Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- हिन्दी
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- Native Title: 雨の町
- Also Known As: Ame no Machi , Rain Town
- Screenwriter: Okudera Satoko
- Genres: Mystery, Horror, Supernatural
Cast & Credits
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![Wada Soko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Wada Soko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Wada SokoKaneishi SotaMain Role -
![Maki Yoko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Maki Yoko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Maki YokoKosaka FumioMain Role -
![Narumi Riko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Narumi Riko in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Narumi RikoTakahashi Ayako / [Girl]Support Role -
![Nagashima Mitsuki in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Nagashima Mitsuki in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Nagashima MitsukiYasuba KazuhiroSupport Role -
![Shinagawa Toru in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Shinagawa Toru in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Shinagawa ToruUchida KozoSupport Role -
![Mitsuishi Ken in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)]( "Mitsuishi Ken in The Vanished Japanese Movie (2006)")
Mitsuishi KenNamiki [Editor-in-Chief]Support Role
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Reviews
Kid in that Mysterious Village doesn't AGE!? An Interesting watch!
To my surprise, it's Very Interesting to Watch!A Good Horror story with Supernatural entities!
It's exactly like Scary Folklore Horror stories that are shared in villages
Or like the Horror Ghost Stories that we share at nights in childhood in group meets n get scared for no reason😂 and I love such horrors!
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EVERY SCENE from the beginning IS MYSTERIOUS and EERIE 👌🏻
No jump scares (like usual horror movies) but Scary enough!
The premise of the plot is interesting to watch but COULD BE BETTER.
Anyways, a good horror to pass the time.
The Story is about Past Mysteries of 30 primary school kids in a village, missing 30 years back.
The Mystery and the Suspense of what happened in the past and what & who are those kids in the present, are well maintained.
The Horror of the supernatural entities visiting, is Scary enough.
(Imagine, U meet a supernatural entity in human form, one day 😯 -- Chills in the spine!😨, right? Haha )
*** STORY:
The movie starts with a kid being killed and in his autopsy, a strange truth is out that all his internal organs are missing.
The Main Lead is a reporter to cover this strange case.
When he meets the examiner for information, both of them experience something strange - the kid's dead body wakes up from dead, runs into the alley and vanishes.
Further investigation leads to the past mystery and that the kid is one of the 30 missing school kids and he hasn't aged from past 30 years😯
Then, the actual scary story begins (😂)
What happened back then,
who are those kids,
why are their organs missing,
why is everyone abandoning the village,
why only few elderly parents stay in the village,
why are the kids visit their parents every year only after the rains etc.
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Direction, Pacing and Story Narration are Good (Suits to 2000s movies👍🏻)
Special Mention:
I found it funny that ML n FL met just once and travelled to the mysterious village for a day and the next day, both of them moved in together -- Fastest Love story! 😂
*** WHAT DISAPPOINTED ME:
1) Plot is too simple, I expected something more Gripping n Compelling Storyline.
U can predict about who those kids actually are.
2) I expected that there will be few scenes showing what happened back then, how the kids met such eerie circumstances and lost their organs etc.
To my surprise, there is absolutely no scene about the Past or what happened 30 years ago.
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My RATING is 8 / 10.
(Since it reminded me of ghost stories or folklore stories, monsters in human forms mingled with humans etc, that we share in childhood to scare each other😂)
Horror Genre Lovers, especially who love to watch every type n a variety of Horror concepts, Watch this, U'll not be bored! :)
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