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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Patty Kim
Chris Sheridan
Directed by: Patty Kim
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 12, 2007
Running Time: 85 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Megumi Yokota
Japan, 1977. A dark, lonely road leads to the windswept shores. This is the remarkable story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted on her way home from school by North Korean spies. For 20 years, her parents had no idea what had happened to her or if she was even alive. Then, one day the whole world learned the shocking truth. (Safari Media)
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What The Critics Said
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TV Guide Ken Fox
The film unfolds with all the heart-stopping suspense of a true-crime expose that sheds light on the twisted policies of Kim Jong-il's strange and secretive nation.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
In a time when American TV is full of stories of missing loved ones, Abduction keenly explores the reactions of an altogether different society and also examines the universal, excruciating pain suffered by such victims and their families everywhere.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz
The filmmakers have loftier goals, though, and in the end their existential tabloid style justifies itself. Abduction isn't about what happened, but about the painful introspection that is sparked by not knowing.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
Abduction uses interviews, vintage photos and re-creations to tell the sad story of love and hope in riveting, suspenseful style. So powerful is this film, it brought tears to my eyes.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
The dramatic story is related here in a somewhat diffuse and scattershot fashion that reduces some of its impact. But there is no denying its emotional resonance.
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
Looks, sounds and fascinates like an exceptional episode of a true-crime TV series.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ed Gonzalez
Despite its structure, Abduction sheds light on the disturbing politics North Korea deploys to simultaneously intimidate the world and guard itself from attack.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Abduction sheds light onto one of the strangest episodes in recent Asian history, but the murk that hangs over North Korea is still too deep for much light to penetrate.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
The long campaign waged by the Yokotas and other families demanding Japan's diplomatic intervention forms the core of this haunting BBC digital documentary.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
This is a fascinating, underreported piece of recent world history, but Patty Kim and Chris Sheridan's documentary Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story doesn't do it full justice.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown
For 20 years, Megumi's family doesn't know where she is; when they find out, the frustrations and uncertainties only mount. But as thickets of history and culture are (too) neatly avoided, the viewer is also left in the dark.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
