Ryota KONDO 近藤亮太
Missing Child Videotape
ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ
Nippon Visions ½
Finding a missing child reminds Keita of his own brother’s disappearance of many years ago. A mysterious video sent by his mother prompts him to return to the case. Ryota KONDO’s feature film debut, produced by Takashi SHIMIZU, revives J-horror with spooky sound design and references to genre classics such as the films of Kiyoshi KUROSAWA.
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About Ryota KONDO
近藤亮太
Ryota KONDO, born in Sapporo in 1988, made his first short films while studying at the Film School of Tokyo. He then worked as an assistant director of Sho MIYAKE for the Netflix series JU-ON: ORIGINS (2020). MISSING CHILD VIDEOTAPE (2024 / NC ’25) is his feature film debut, based on his award-winning short film of the same title made in 2022.