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Demon Virus (2025) · 悪鬼のウイルス

Name: Demon Virus
Director: Yukito Matsuno
Genre: Demon, found footage, Urban legend, Virus
Released: 2025
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Anna Murashige, Masaki Ota, Ryuta Kuwayama, Asuka Hanamura, Ryoka Yoshida

Original title: 悪鬼のウイルス

2025 · Yukito Matsuno · 99 min · Japan

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YouTuber Tomoki Uchikawa, along with his friends Hinako, Souta, and Nanae, head to the former Ishio Village, where there are rumors of people being spirited away, to film a video investigating urban legends. However, their whereabouts remain unknown, and the police discover the rental car they had rented near a tunnel on the outskirts of the village. The video cameras left behind there show shocking images of locked houses, children in armed uniforms, imprisoned adults, and adults being infected by a strange disease, a rotten demon, that occurs on the night of a new moon.

A 2025 title built around Demon, found footage and Urban legend. Directed by Yukito Matsuno.

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Demon Virus (2025) · 悪鬼のウイルス

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