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It offers a nuanced exploration of marital discontentcultural displacement, and emotional fragility. Its layered storytelling, restrained performances, and symbolic use of ruins and puppetry create a haunting portrait of a family unraveling beneath the weight of unspoken truthsClosing film of Golden Horse Film Festival.

A Japanese man and Taiwanese-American wife’s immigrant life unravels when their son disappears. The kidnapping reveals hidden secrets, testing their emotional limits and moral boundaries.
GenresThriller, Crime
DirectorTetsuya Mariko
CastHidetoshi Nishijima, Gwei Lun-Mei
LanguageJapanese
SubtitlesEnglish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
Runtime138 mins
Theatrical Release12 Sep 2025
Available1 Feb 2026
TerritoriesWorldwide ex Japan

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