A Girl Missing
Asian Cinema
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1h 51m
Directed by Kōji Fukada | 111 mins | 2019
As the carer for the elderly Toko, home nurse Ichiko is practically a member of the family, favored especially by the bedridden woman’s granddaughters. But Ichiko’s life—and identity—come unspooled after the abduction of Saki, the younger of the two girls, apparently by her own nephew. Mariko Tsutsui’s magnetic performance in the lead role anchors Koji Fukada’s chilly, enigmatic drama, which unfolds along two parallel tracks, with hidden motivations surfacing between the before and after.
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