A Girl Missing | Yokogao

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"A Girl Missing is satisfying slow-burn drama expertly told."

Screen International
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Koji Fukada
  • Japan, France 2019
  • 111 minutes
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Ichiko has worked as a home-care nurse to the Oishos' elderly matriarch for long enough to feel like part of the family. She's especially close to young Motoko. Ichiko and the Oishos' happy routine is disrupted when Motoko's adolescent sister Saki is abducted. And the media soon reveals the kidnapper to be Ichiko’s own nephew.

One of the finest Japanese directors to emerge in the last decade, Koji Fukada creates a compelling and beautifully humane drama with a nuanced performance by Mariko Tsutsui.

Filmography: Harmonium (2016), Sayônara (2015), Au Revoir L'Ete (2013).


  • Director Koji Fukada
  • Production Kazumasa Yonemitsu, Naohiko Ninomiya, Daisuke Futagi, Hirohisa Mukuju, Masa Sawada
  • Script Kôji Fukada
  • Cinematography Kenichi Negishi
  • Editing Kôji Fukada, Julia Gregory
  • Music Hiroyuki Onogawa
  • Festivals Locarno, Toronto, New York
  • Actors Mariko Tsutsui, Mikako Ichikawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
  • Source MK2, Paris