# A Girl Missing (2019)

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**Original title**: *よこがお*
**Runtime**: 111 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Koji Fukada
**Written by**: Koji Fukada
**Starring**: Mariko Tsutsui, Mikako Ichikawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ren Sudo, Miyu Ogawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A crime drama without the crime, centered on the fallout of a kidnapping.  
A nurse’s quiet life unravels when her nephew abducts her patient’s granddaughter.  
The film rests on subtle glances and withheld words, a 2010s Japanese drama of shame and silent complicity.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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