{{short description|2019 film by Kōji Fukada}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = A Girl Missing | image = A Girl Missing (Yokogao) film poster.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox Japanese|hide=no|header=none|kanji=よこがお|revhep=Yokogao}} | director = Kōji Fukada | producer = {{ubl|Kazumasa Yonemitsu|Naohiko Ninomiya|Daisuke Futagi|Hirohisa Mukuju}} | writer = Kōji Fukada | starring = {{ubl|Mariko Tsutsui|Mikako Ichikawa}} | music = Hiroyuki Onogawa | cinematography = Kenichi Negishi | editing = {{ubl|Kōji Fukada|Julia Gregory}} | production_companies = {{ubl|Kadokawa Daiei Studio<ref name="iffr">{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/a-girl-missing |title=A Girl Missing |publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>|Tokyo Garage<ref name="iffr" />|Comme des Cinémas<ref name="iffr" />}} | distributor = Kadokawa | released = {{film date|2019|7|26|df=yes|Japan}} | runtime = 111 minutes | country = {{ubl|Japan|France}} | language = Japanese }}

{{nihongo|'''''A Girl Missing'''''|よこがお|Yokogao|{{Abbr|lit.|literal translation}} 'Side Profile'|lead=yes}} is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada.<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/a-girl-missing-review-1203298917/ |title=Locarno Film Review: ''A Girl Missing'' |work=Variety |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> It was entered into numerous international film festivals, including Locarno,<ref name="variety" /> Toronto,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/toronto-film-festival-the-aeronauts-mosul-seberg-kristen-stewart-ore-to-festival-slate-1202667020/ |title=Toronto Adds ''The Aeronauts,'' ''Mosul,'' ''Seberg,'' & More To Festival Slate |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> New York<ref name="variety" /> and Rotterdam.<ref name="iffr" />

==Plot== Home nurse Ichiko works for the Oishi family, where she is treated as a full member. In addition to nursing bedridden grandmother Tōko, she also helps daughters Motoko and Saki with their exams in her free time. One day, Saki, the younger sister, is abducted. When Saki is finally found by the police and the abductor turns out to be Ichiko's nephew, a media frenzy follows which slowly drives Ichiko into social isolation. Motoko, who over time has become a friend and confidante, first supports, but later denounces Ichiko, publicly giving away a secret from Ichiko's past which the trusting Ichiko had told her in private. Ichiko, forced to quit her job and left by her fiancé, develops a desire for revenge.

==Cast== * Mariko Tsutsui as Ichiko * Mikako Ichikawa as Motoko Oishi * Miyu Ozawa as Saki Oishi * Sōsuke Ikematsu as Kazumichi Yoneda * Ren Sudo as Tatsuo Suzuki, Ichiko's nephew * Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Kenji Tozuka * Nahoko Kawasumi as Yōko Oishi, the mother * Hisako Ōkata as Tōko Oishi, the grandmother * Kentez Asaka as Reporter

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|10540492}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=91748 |title=よこがお (A Girl Missing) |publisher=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=12 June 2021}}

{{Kōji Fukada}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Missing, A}} Category:2019 films Category:2019 drama films Category:Films shot in Japan Category:French drama films Category:Japanese drama films Category:Films set in Chiba Prefecture Category:2019 French films Category:2019 Japanese films Category:2019 Japanese-language films Category:Japanese-language drama films