The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from TMDB 7/10.
Synopsis
A Japanese man and his Chinese-American wife struggle with work, parenting, and caregiving in NYC. Their strained life spirals when their son is kidnapped, leading to murder. Unspoken truths and secrets surface, deepening their rift. Can they rebuild their shattered vision of a "happy family"?
Ratings
TMDB7/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Tetsuya MarikoDirector
- Tetsuya MarikoScreenplay
- Jim O'RourkeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hidetoshi NishijimaKenji Saiga
- Gwei Lun-MeiJane Yang
- Julian WangDonovan "Donny" Fox
- Christopher MannDetective Bixby
- Everest TaldeKai Saiga
- Fiona FuShu-An Yao
- Mia ReeceMonica Lombera
- James ChuEn-Yu Yang
- Aitor MartinMiguel Lombera
- Lanett TachelVanessa
- Matt GoldenMichael Beaumont
- Steve McCoyConrad Fitzgerald
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Themes
married couplefamily relationshipsdisappearancerelationshipmissing childfamily tragedychild kidnappingmoral dilemmaimmigrant experienceincidentmarital crisismarital relations