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A Girl Missing

Yokogao

2019

Kôji Fukada

Mariko Tsutsui, Mikako Ichikawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Mitsuro Fukikoshi, Hisako Okata

6.3

61

Drama Ichiko works as a private nurse for a family she has almost become a part of. While Ichiko cares for the grandmother, she is also a confidant to Motoko, the eldest sister. But one day, Motoko’s younger sister disappears. And the media soon reveal the kidnapper to be Ichiko’s own nephew…

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"A disappointing, oddly unmoving drama that keeps some of director Kôji Fukada’s ambiguous hallmarks but fails to support them with a solid enough script."	NEG
United Kingdom	Lisa Nesselson Screendaily	"A satisfying slow burn drama"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"You’ll be so busy trying to piece the plot together that you won’t have time to question how little sense some of it makes"	NEU
	Giorgia Del Don Cineuropa	"Kôji Fukada teaches us to look for the reality beyond appearances, attuning the audience to an inaudible frequency which transmits an unfamiliar and funereal song."	POS
United States	Leonardo Goi The Film Stage	"[Tsutsui's] staggering performance notwithstanding, 'A Girl Missing' feels just as lost and hapless as its lead"	NEU
United States	Caroline Cao SlashFilm	"Through the knottiness of its beats, I relish the conceptual study of 'A Girl Missing' more than the whole presentation"	NEU
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"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. (...) What’s missing here is one living, breathing woman."	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"[Mariko Tsutsui] is haunted here, delivering a performance that's affecting (...) But this turn alone isn't quite enough to make the Japanese import an easy sell to English-language viewers."	NEU

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