{"product_id":"a-girl-missing","title":"A GIRL MISSING","description":"Product Description\n\nKoji Fukada's followup to the critically-acclaimed Harmonium (also available from Film Movement), A Girl Missing is a satisfying slow-burn drama expertly told (Screen Daily). Ichiko is a private home-nurse who has worked for the elder matriarch of the Oishos for years and regards them as her own family. Ichiko's quiet, routine life is shattered when a young member of the Oishos clan is kidnapped. When it is revealed that the kidnapper is none other than Ichiko s nephew, her life begins to unravel in this taut thriller from one of Japan s current cinematic masters.\nBonus features include Making-Of featurette and short film Love Comes Later.\n\nReview\n\nNominated - Golden Leopard - Locarno Film Festival\nNominated - Gold Hugo - Chicago Int'l. Film Festival\nOfficial Selection - Toronto Int'l. Film Festival\nOfficial Selection - New York Film Festival ---\n\nA deft and absorbing multi-pronged tale about a kind, hard-working woman whose life becomes a morass of collateral damage, A Girl Missing is a satisfying slow-burn drama expertly told. - Lisa Nesselson, Screen Daily\nReuniting with his Harmonium (2016) lead Mariko Tsutsui, Fukada creates another emotionally palpable tale about perspective. Expertly acted and with a dual-pronged narrative as equally well choreographed.... - Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema Much like his Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner, A Girl Missing unspools as a revenge drama homing in on people paying a price for their kindness, a tale of family disequilibrium with Mariko Tsutsui already seen in Harmonium serving as a magnetic lead. --Leonardo Goi, The Film Stage\n\nOne of the film's many pleasures lies in Fukada s specific rhythms of the mysteries of storytelling, offering little clues along the way but keeping more of a focus on his lead character and her emotional wavelength. - Jordan Raup, The Film Stage There s no denying the seductive powers of A Girl Missing, which gestures at the rot beneath the surface of politesse in the way Japanese society deals with criminality and taboo. - Beatrice Loayza, AV Club Lead Mariko Tsutsui (also of Harmonium) is haunted here, delivering a performance that's affecting even when we're in the dark about what her character is thinking. --John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B08KMFD3R8\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGU900DHTH_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41718985621562,"sku":"4EKGU900DHTH_ns","price":10.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B08KMFD3R8-0.jpg?v=1790995467","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-girl-missing","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}