Japanese Film MISSING Surprises with Its Take on the Serial Killer Genre

FilmA Thrilling and Horrific Exploration of Human Greed

TW: This review contains discussions of depression, suicide, and abuse of people with disabilities.

MISSING (Fortissimo Films) is the directorial debut of Katayama Shinzo, a former assistant director of popular Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho of Parasite fame. It follows a father named Santoshi (Jiro Sato) who is trying to provide for his daughter Kaeda (Aoi Ito) after the death of her mother (Toko Narushima) from ALS.

In the midst of this famil...