Directed by Kôji Fukada
Written by Kôji Fukada & Kazumasa Yonemitsu
Starring Mariko Tsutsui, Mikako Ichikawa, Miyu Ozawa and Sôsuke Ikematsu
Running time: 1 hour and 51 minutes

by Ian Hrabe

There are moments in A Girl Missing where you can see why director Kôji Fukada won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes in 2016 for his film Harmonium. There are two or three sequences that just take your breath away. These scenes show that Fukada knows how to deliver an emotional cinematic punch and yet, despite a few moments of clarity, A Girl Missing is a bit of a mess.