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  • 2020
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  • 2020
  • Film Movement
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Summary Ichiko is a private home-nurse who has worked for the elder matriarch of the Oishos for years and regards them as her own family. Ichiko's quiet, routine life is shattered when a young member of the Oishos clan is kidnapped. When it is revealed that the kidnapper is none other than Ichiko’s nephew, her life begins to unravel.

Written By: Kazumasa Yonemitsu

  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m

A Girl Missing

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Summary Ichiko is a private home-nurse who has worked for the elder matriarch of the Oishos for years and regards them as her own family. Ichiko's quiet, routine life is shattered when a young member of the Oishos clan is kidnapped. When it is revealed that the kidnapper is none other than Ichiko’s nephew, her life begins to unravel.

Written By: Kazumasa Yonemitsu

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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56% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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56% Mixed
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80
Jul 21, 2020
A deft and absorbing multi-pronged tale about a kind, hard-working woman whose life becomes a morass of collateral damage, A Girl Missing is satisfying slow-burn drama expertly told.
By Lisa Nesselson FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 25, 2020
Fukada has delivered another subtle, startling and demanding drama about lives upended in a country that rarely gives us any hint this sort of thing happens, a film built on stoic performances that give up their reserve when the worst kind of pressure is applied.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 21, 2020
Kôji Fukada adores stray textures that stick in the proverbial throat and free-associatively affirm his characters’ rootlessness.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
58
Jul 21, 2020
A Girl Missing is a story about someone trying to make themselves whole again, but so much of its energy is spent on keeping her apart.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
58
Jul 21, 2020
A Girl Missing feels just as lost and hapless as its lead–more than on a quest for vengeance, a woman in search of a fully shaped self.
By Leonardo Goi FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 21, 2020
The intriguing ambiguity suffusing Kôji Fukada’s “Harmonium” returns to a certain degree in A Girl Missing, but this time the writer-director neglects to reinforce onscreen relationships, resulting in a disappointing and unmoving drama.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 30, 2020
As he proved in his 2017 drama, “Harmonium,” Fukada excels at unfurling near-hysterical narratives in restrained, sometimes icily sterile scenes. But while the earlier film pulled us in, this one repels, its cloudy colors and depressing mood making us long for a single moment of joy.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kadokawa, MK2 Productions
Release Date Jul 31, 2020
Duration 1 h 51 m
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Website http://yokogao-movie.jp/
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Awards

Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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