A Girl Missing / よこがお (2019)

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• Movie: A Girl Missing
• Romaji: Yokogao
• Japanese: よこがお

• Director: Koji Fukada
• Writer: Koji Fukada
• Producer: Kaz, Naohiko Ninomiya, Daisuke Niki, Ryoki Hironao
• Cinematographer: Kenichi Negishi
• Release Date: July 26, 2019
• Runtime: 111 min.
• Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Ichiko (Mariko Tsutsui) works as a home health nurse. She visits a family where she has become almost a part of their family. Ichiko helps Motoko (Mikako Ichikawa) from that family study to become a nurse. Ichiko is the only person to whom Motoko opens her mind to.

One day, Motoko’s younger sister Saki (Miyu Ogawa) goes missing. One week later, Saki returns home safely, but the person who is arrested for Saki’s kidnapping is an unexpected figure.