Finding a (Lost?) Japanese horror film
I recently remembered this horror film about a scarecrow that I briefly saw a few years back so I went to go search for it online but I couldn't find anything about it.
From what I remember, the plot went like this:
A boy (around 7-10 years old) is playing with fire crackers in a forest-y area with his friends. After a bit, they leave to go home and as the boy is walking home, he sees a scarecrow with the typical "henohenomoheji" face. From there, I'm not sure what happens but the next scene I remember is the boy being grabbed by the scarecrow and he's holding onto the sliding door of his house trying to not get dragged away. All of a sudden, the boy's mom appears but for some reason, he's invisible to her or something and she tries to close the door but his hands are blocking it. He yells and tries to make himself known but it doesn't work since eventually, she slams the door on his hands which forces him to let go. As he's being carried off to god-knows-where by the scarecrow, he remembers his fire crackers (or whatever they were) and uses it to set the scarecrow on fire. In the end, he escapes and returns home as the camera pans to the burning scarecrow.
Also I think this was set in a rural village or something.
I probably got some things wrong since for like half of the film I was hiding behind the couch but that's how I remember it. According to my mom, it was on a dvd but she gave it away at some point.
I have no clue why I can't find it and maybe I'm not searching hard enough so if anyone finds it, please let me know!
(also this is my first time posting on reddit so if I made any mistakes i'm sorry)
Posted Jul 23, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC