Mother!
It's me!
Let me in!
He is back, finally.
You are in there right? Let me in!
Father, mother!
Shun!
Your mother was dead 10 years ago!
You should not be at this place.
Go away!
Please!
Father...
Father! Let me in!
Father...
Father! Let me in!
Father...
Help!
Help! Father!
Father...
Shun!
"The Vanished"
So how do you gather customers?
From website?
No way!
Then, telephone club?
That's old-fashioned!
Getting an acquaintance to introduce each other is safer.
Such as my coworkers at my part-time job.
I can get as many customers as I want.
How much money does your daughter take?
Anyway,
those were the old days. I no longer do it now.
That can't be helped.
My health is so bad that I can't work.
I get little welfare.
Madam,
did your ex-husband do anything to your daughter?
Who had said such things?
He said he had to pay you for that.
That's for sure.
After doing such things to your own daughter.
But... that's not only for once, but it happened regularly...
I can't see, I can't see.
I don't see anything.
I can't see, I can't see.
I don't see anything.
Excuse me, would you mind if I ask you some questions...
what was done to your sister?
Don't touch her!
That's not her sister. That's her own child
but she doesn't know who the father is.
Oh!
Arert you a bit early?
Thank you for your hard work.
So, that's it for now.
Thank you. Please take care of it.
What happened?
Nothing really...
Oh.
Thank you!
- I'm leaving. - Thank you.
Take care.
Souta.
Yes.
What is this?
"The truth of Homicide against the Family at Adachi-ku."
You have not gone deeper at all.
And you have no energy.
You should stop doing this.
Are you killing it?
Of course!
What happened to you recently?
Nothing...
Oh you... give me a moment...
Wait a moment.
What do you think?
The drowned body of a missing child
that's interesting, right?
That's not interesting.
No.
They did the autopsy and found that...
their internal organs were missing.
Nothing.
Not even heart, stomach or lungs.
What do you think?
I don't know.
Hey, what do you think?
Those were eaten by the fish right?
The constrictor of the drowned body gets loosened
so the fishes entered from the anus and ate the organs.
So what would you write then?
Is it organ trafficking?
That's a good center.
"We have it in Japan, the organ trafficking group that..."
"murders the victims behind the scene".
Go and report for this.
No that's ok for me.
What? What do you mean by that?
I'm saying that I don't like those stories.
What? What are you talking about?
Do you think you can make a living by writing those?
If you fail on such a chance
you will get fired.
Go and report on this
go Souta!
What a bastard.
Hey kid, I'm not bullying your mother though.
Stop it!
Souta, go somewhere!
Kaneishi!
The day for repayment is already passed.
If you're not coming out I'm going to kill you!
Don't make fool of me!
I'll kill you!
What happened to you?
Are you abandoned by your mom?
Mom...
My name is Kaneishi.
I'm Sakaguchi.
Oh I know this.
It is in the Okame restaurant which I go often.
I have not read it before.
- Oh please. - Thank you.
It must be hard, coming at such an early morning.
I came by the overnight train.
Oh I see.
I don't believe in any occults or any supernatural phenomena
so I can't really help you.
This is not something your magazine will get interested in.
But did this kind of incident happened before in Japan?
I mean, there were no internal organs in those bodies...
There were no internal organs... right?
I don't think so.
So it is possible that someone took them out right?
No, that's...
No I think it is possible
so I brought my video camera to record the interview...
if that is proper... I will pay you for it, of course.
The organs were not there from the beginning.
No organs from the very beginning.
When I cut into by the surginal knife
it felt like cutting the steamed fish paste.
Very smooth.
I mean, the body is a fake.
Don't you think so? There is no body like that.
I can show you if you like, do you?
Yes please.
So yeah... it would be good if you can also take a look at it.
"X-Ray Room"
Please don't take any recordings...
Please touch it.
Please.
The body used to be hard as if it was having the rigor mortis.
But now it has elasticity.
What do you mean by that?
I don't know.
There are some spots for internal bleeding...
while the body has no blood.
I also keep the things left behind.
Would you mind to show me?
Here it is.
The police spent less time for it...
because they do not think it's a serious case.
They put them all here.
How about the school?
I don't know...
but the village called Hinoe village exists.
That's the school uniform right?
Elementary school. Yeah...
I havert heard of the name of the school.
What are you going to do with these?
It will get cremated eventually...
Don't look at me...
That is true editor in chief!
What if that's a lie?
I know, starting with the identity of the child!
Oh excuse me, is there any hotel for free?
What are you talking about?
Yes?
Oh I see.
That must be some hard work.
From Tokyo...
Yes.
He came from Tokyo for a case coverage...
That's amazing!
From so far away.
There is nothing around here.
We don't have any hot springs, the rice also tastes bad.
I order the rice from Niigata.
Oh is it?
Oh this is it.
Shin Uchida
living in the Hinoemura.
Wait...
but I think this is wrong...
The person named Uchida that you're looking for...
is 7 or 8 years old right?
Right, he's still a child.
This person was born in 1962
now he is 42 years old
but we only have this person under the name Shin Uchida.
Is he still living in that village?
I think so.
It doesn't show that he has moved to somewhere else.
He is not here.
I think he has been missing.
Remember? He is the person missing since that incident.
That one in Hinoemura...
That was around the world expo period
almost thirty years ago?
There was an incident that children were missing
I believe that Mr. Uchida might be one of them.
What incident was it?
All the elementary school students disappeared together...
during an outdoor activity.
Almost thirty students disappeared.
That was such a trouble.
I feel sorry for the parents and the child.
We just couldn't come up with any word for comfort.
Thirty people?
In the end, no one was found.
Right, then the village kept losing the population.
The elementary school was also shut down.
What's the name of the school?
Hinoemura Elementary School.
So Hinoemura Elementary School does not exist now right?
Right.
Um... I would like to go to Hinoemura though...
It's quite far from here.
The bus is already repealed.
I would like to go.
To the Hiroemura.
I have something to do in the Kamiyamamura
so I can go there afterwards.
Oh! Isn't that great?
Fumio please give him a ride.
Sure.
Kousaka just entered this office this year
from the welfare department
Nice to meet you.
"Tragedy in outdoor activity"
"Thirty students disappeared in the mountain"
I'm sorry
I havert had my breakfast.
I know this magazine.
Oh really?
There is usually one in the dining hall.
It seems disgusting so I havert read that before.
Right.
I can't believe the dead body got up.
Me neither.
- But you've seen it right? - Yes.
Do you guys always write the article like that?
You are right.
I know it's called the made-up.
It's not the made-up but the fake.
Oh, fake?
It doesn't matter.
The incident of disappeared children is true, right?
Right.
It sounds more doubtful for me.
I don't know a lot about it
but I don't think many people know about the incident.
Since the incident a lot of the families have moved away.
Moved away? Why?
That was such a terrible incident.
I don't know...
if they were dead then that's different
but they are just missing right?
The parents should be waiting for them to come back right?
If I am the child then I would want them to wait for me.
There is still someone waiting though.
After all.
Due to the depopulation
the congress discussed to disestablish the Hinoe mura.
But those villagers never agreed, so the congress gave up.
Like you say so, they didn't want to leave.
Just call me Souta, everyone goes by that.
So Souta what else do you want to know?
So how many families are still there?
Not much, 5 or 6.
Others left by degree in a long time.
In the end they moved out.
Oh no.
Let's go.
Just give me one moment.
Excuse me, can I have the bill?
Thank you.
1 4th of March, at around 4:00pm
Sadahiro Yasuba, (7 years) From 1st grade of...
Hinoemura Elementary school was found...
and got into the protective custody...
at the eastern part of forest of Hinoe village.
Other 28 students
who had led by 1 teacher and went to the fieldwork
are still missing.
Sadahiro told that...
they encountered about 10 students from other elementary school...
and followed as they asked.
But there was no fieldwork going on in other schools.
The police is trying to make sure the reliability of his testimony...
as they kept the investigation through the night.
Isn't that horrible?
The students were lured by students from other school.
In the fork tales, these students usually are monsters.
Monster?
Like a kappa or Zashikiwarashi.
Some seniors said that it might be the work of the Amanjyaku devil.
Amanjyaku devil?
Hmm... I wonder what is it exactly, amanjyaku devil.
That's a well known story everywhere.
People believe that kappa...
and the amanjyaku devil look like human but they are not.
They appear as humans and incorporate themselves...
into the human society as invaders.
I'm sure that you like those story, don't you?
We can't talk about this kind of story all the time.
When I was small
it was said that we shouldn't go out during the shower like this.
Otherwise we get drowned by it.
So this rain is not something pleasant.
Mr. Uchida, this is Kousaka from the town office.
Mr. Uchida?
It's cold today.
Sorry to interrupt.
Travel?
Rather than travel
I think that he's getting ready for moving to a new place.
It's cold.
Where did he go?
I'm sure that he should be around.
See? The calendar?
By the way, is Hinoemura Elementary School close to here?
It's nearby.
It was turned into the village hall and the local history.
Do you want to go and take a look?
Sure, we'll come back afterwards.
I think it's this one.
"Lost without a track"
Why the child from thirty years ago...
What is this?
It makes me sick.
I think that it must be him
Shin Uchida.
Step back, just step back.
It's pointless to just keep it there, huh?
Who is it?
Mr. Uchida...
I don't think so.
Stop here!
Do they still bury the bodies here?
No, the bodies are cremated.
So who made these?
What was it?
The dead body underground got decayed and crushed by the sand.
It means that the person died recently.
How many graves are there?
Twenty or more
close to thirty.
I think the children disappeared near this area.
You can drop me off here. I will continue from here.
You can come and pick me up after you've finished your business.
So... how about six? I'll pick you up...
at the entrance of the village at six o'clock.
Please be careful.
I will.
Excuse me.
Are you used to things like this?
I'm sorry?
Don't you feel scared?
To be honest with you.
I always make everything up for the article.
This is the first time to write about what happened for real.
I don't believe the story about the corpse though.
So you don't have to believe in it.
Please don't become one of the missing.
Please stop it.
See you.
Are you two singing?
What are you doing?
What are your names?
Kazuhiro Yasuba from the class 1 of the third grade.
Ayako Takahashi from the class 1 of the fifth grade.
"Kazuhiro Yasuba"
"Ayako Takahashi"
Do you live around here?
I want to go home.
Where are your homes?
I don't have one.
Oh it's coming!
Have you seen any child?
I didn't see any.
Havert you heard any songs?
No.
Don't lie to me.
I didn't.
If you've lied to me, I'm not going to forgive you.
It's ok now.
Who is he?
Let's go to the village together.
It's ok, you can come with me.
Thank you.
"No service"
Cell phone doesn't work in here.
Are you Souta Kaneishi?
Yes.
The woman from the town office asked me to pick you up...
and give you a place to rest.
That would be very helpful! And you are...
I'm Yasuba, and I live just down there.
Mr. Yasuba... oh please wait.
I know that you're investigating something.
I'm sorry?
The person from the town office told me that...
you're investigating a lot of things from the past.
Oh... oh.
I'm investigating the legend of the Amanojyaku devil.
Oh?
I would like to know the whole story behind this legend.
So do you have this kind of rumor in your town before?
Right.
I have heard about...
a group of student disappeared together 35 years ago.
Do you think it has anything to do with the Amanojyaku devil?
There is no such thing as Amanojyaku devil.
Please.
Are there other residents living in this village?
I tried to have some interviews, but I could not find anyone.
Has the Uchida family moved out?
Um...
Kouzou went out to run some errands for his sors family.
Other people in the village also went out.
So you cannot have any story from them.
Please leave.
Can I wait for them while I'm waiting for the car to pick me up?
You should leave by the sunset. It's better toleave.
I know there is one child who is still alive.
This has Kazuhiro Yasuda and Sadahiro Yasuba in here.
They are my children.
Please take a look at this.
I've just met Kazuhiro Yasuba.
What do you want to do?
I want to know why.
I don't understand what is happening now.
Why do the children...
Iook the same just like when the incident happened?
Kazuhiro is dead.
If you truly think so
then why aren't you enshrine your son at your family altar?
You believe that he would come back right?
Get out.
Thank you very much.
This road goes all the way ahead.
So you should be able to meet the car coming to pick you up.
You should leave this village before sunset, ok?
Is there a reason behind this?
Just go.
What happened, Kazuhiro?
Why don't you go home?
Home?
With your mother and father.
I want to.
So why don't you go home?
Shall I go with you?
Yes.
- Arert you cold? - No.
Excuse me, this is Kaneishi.
Mr. Yasuba?
I had enough!
I'm here with your son.
I've brought Kazuhiro here.
Don't say silly things!
Father, open the door.
Father, it's me. Open the door.
Mr. Yasuba, can you listen to me, please?
You lied to me.
What are you doing?
What did you do?
Why did you bring him to here?
He said he wants to go home.
You came back with what you mustrt take back.
Is it ok to just leave the child in such a winter night?
You don't know anything.
The children come back every year during this season.
They appear after the passing rain.
Why don't you let him in?
He's your son right?
That is not our child!
I don't think he is even a human anymore.
We have no clue to control them...
once they entered out housed.
They act up for small matters...
and even killed their parents.
Kouzou was also a victim.
Therefore, we have been...
killing out children...
without having been noticed by others.
This is Sadahiro, our second son.
He is the only one left.
You shouldn't make light of them.
They will attack you once they thought you are enemy.
You should stay here until it gets light outside.
Fumio is coming here to pick me up.
I'll go and check.
Don't let them into the house.
Just leave that to Sadashiro, he is used to it.
Does he kill them?
I hope it is that simple.
Unless you hit them in their heads.
I know it sounds cruel to you though.
Yes.
Do you think we are happy for it?
One the day my child went to the school, he didn't come home.
After a long time, there he is now.
I wish I could say "Come in..."
Stop it.
There is also one girl...
She's Ayako, right?
How about her parents?
Many of the parents...
remained in the village, waiting for their child to come back
but there are also parents who did not fulfill their duty.
Ayako does not have a place to go.
Why do the children come back?
Do you know how the young birds of cuckoos will grow up?
They sneak into the nest of other kinds of birds.
They kick out their eggs...
and pretend themselves as the true children.
These parents protect these young birds...
and feed them.
If they will grow up will you take care of them?
They will get mingled with the people in this world...
as if nothing is wrong with them.
If we let it happen, don't you think it will be scary?
We are the last.
We have fulfilled the duty as parents.
Sadahiro!
You aren't Kazuhiro!
Sadahiro, I wish that you were also there.
Oh so you're here.
You told me I'm your passenger and stop following you.
I was saved by my brother.
Sadahiro! Sadahiro!
Sadahiro!
I'm going.
No! You mustrt go now. No!
Kazuhiro!
Quick, this way!
Kazuhiro.
This is Dad.
Come to here and let me see your face.
Mother?
Kazuhiro!
I wanted to see you!
I really wanted to see you!
Dear...
Forgive me, Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro! Now we shall die together!
Souta?
Get into the car, quick!
Now!
Brother.
This is not a place for you to live.
Get out of here!
Go back!
Do you hate me?
Yes I do.
I hate you!
At the very early morning of the next day of incident
the old people showed up from nowhere...
and took out the bodies secretly.
There is no one who knows what those old couples told...
but Fumio and me over there.
There is no one at that village.
So... see you.
Excuse me...
I almost forgot.
Oh I didn't bring mine.
Please come again
but I don't think you would want to come again.
Hey, hey, you got to think twice.
Hey, hey, wait for a moment. What is this?
Hey, wait!
Who has taken care of you who has no family up to now?
Hey!
Mother.
Shall we have a walk?
No thanks.
You should go out and change the atmosphere.
Who is it?
It's me. Open the door.
I didn't lock it.
Fumio?
Brother.
What did you do to Fumio?
What did you do to her?
I like you, brother.
I brought it.
You are wearing it finally.
That's good.