Dark Star Pictures released the Japanese thriller MISSING in America earlier this month. It had a select theatrical run starting November 4, and was released to VOD platforms on November 18. Its physical release is yet to come, but it’s coming soon — Dark Star revealed today the pic will hit Blu-Ray December 6.
Santoshi has had a run of bad luck. First his wife dies, then he runs up a massive debt he can’t pay off. But he has the perfect solution, he tells his daughter: bounty hunting! He’ll track down and turn in the notorious serial killer known only as “NO NAME” and reap the cash reward. The girl tries to warn him he might be unprepared for this, but her dad has already run off.
Just as she feared, he doesn’t come back. She has no other option but to begin hunting the killer herself — her only hope in finding the whereabouts of her father.
MISSING stars Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu, Misato Morita and Jirô Satô, and was directed by Shinzô Katayama. Watch for the Blu-Ray on December 6, or if you like, you can find it on VOD platforms now.
Depressed and in debt following the death of his wife, Santoshi (Jiro Sato) tells his young daughter he has found a way out. Pointing to a reward note, he vows to find the infamous serial killer “No Name” (Hiroya Shimizu) and cash in, claiming to have seen the man in the flesh a few days earlier. Kaeda (Aoi Ito) cannot take her aloof father serious. But when he goes missing without a trace, she starts to fear the worst—and must begin looking for him.
I am broke but I will never get desperate and try to hunt down a serial killer like the main character of this movie. Interesting premise.