THE VANISHED

The Vanished is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Makoto Tanaka, and starring Yoko Maki and Toshihiro Wada.

A young reporter receives a task to write a story about a child who was found dead with weird injuries but inexplicably all his internal organs went missing. While in the morgue, the child suddenly rises up and walks away. The journalist then finds out where the child was originally from and decides to go and investigate. With the help of a young girl from the city office, the journalist discovers that thirty-five years ago a group of 30 young school children disappeared in the woods without a trace. Later on, he realizes that the children are undead, and have not aged in the 35 years since they disappeared, and they are haunting their families who are now trying to end such a creepy situation. It will be the journalist's decision whether to stay and help or run away and live the scary children behind.