"Deft and absorbing...time-hopping puzzle pieces fall into place with exquisitely deployed skill."--Lisa Nesselson, Screen Daily
"Wildly engrossing."--Elena Lazic, Cinema Scope
Ichiko (Fukada) is a private home-nurse who has worked for the elder matriarch of the Oishos for years and regards them as her own family. Ichiko's quiet, routine life is shattered when a young member of the Oishos clan is kidnapped. When it is revealed that the kidnapper is none other than Ichiko’s nephew, her life begins to unravel in this taut thriller from Koji Fukada (HARMONIUM), one of Japan’s current cinematic masters. In Japanese with English subtitles. (Description courtesy of Film Movement)