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A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%, Metacritic 55/100. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic55/100
229 audience votes
Key crew
- Tetsuya NakashimaDirector
- Tetsuya NakashimaScreenplay
- Miako TadanoScreenplay
- Nobuhiro MonmaScreenplay
- Yoko KannoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Koji YakushoAkikazu Fujishima
- Nana KomatsuKanako Fujishima
- Hiroya ShimizuI / Narrator
- Satoshi TsumabukiDetective Asai
- Joe OdagiriDetective Aikawa
- Asuka KurosawaKiriko Fujishima
- Jun KunimuraDr. Tsujimura
- Munetaka AokiSakiyama
- Megumi HatachiyaDetective Aikawa's Wife
- Ai HashimotoMorishita
- Fumi NikaidoNami Endo
- Miki NakataniRie Azuma
Stills
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Themes
japandrug abuseobsessionyakuzabullyingdysfunctional familyalcoholismex-coppolice corruptionpsychological thrillerrelationshipsecret life