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Missing

2022 · 124 min

A slow, unsettling descent into moral fog, where a child's search for her father becomes a quiet, tense meditation on family and obsession.

Directed by
Shinzo Katayama
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Jiro Sato, Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu
Tagline
How far would you go for family?
Overview
Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.

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Directed by
Shinzo Katayama
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Jiro Sato, Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • grief
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, mystery, drama, crime
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Jiro Sato, Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu, Misato Morita, Izumi Matsuoka, Shotaro Ishii, Tôko Narushima, Tōru Shinagawa
Cinematography
Naoya Ikeda
Runtime
124 min
Country
Japan, South Korea
Languages
Japanese

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