Plot: It's been three months since Saori's little girl vanished into thin air. She was walking home from the park after spending some time with Saori's brother and she hasn't been seen since. The media's interest media is waning, Saori doesn't feel supported by her husband and people online are blaming her for negligence.
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January 11, 2025
A rather sullen Japanese drama that doesn't offer much hope. Rather than focus on the period immediately after a young child has disappeared, the film rejoins the family three months after the fateful event, when most of the world has stopped caring. For the people involved, their emotional hell continues.
The performances are strong, the drama is on point and the film offers various interesting perspectives on the personal hell of these characters. The presentation is a tad basic though and two hours is a bit long, a common issue with Japanese dramas (which always seem to aim for that 2-hour mark). Good, but not great.