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2025Movie2 h 18 min

61

DecentGoodWatch score

61

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

A Japanese man and his Chinese-American wife struggle with work, parenting, and caregiving in NYC. Their strained life spirals when their son is kidnapped, leading to murder. Unspoken truths and secrets surface, deepening their rift. Can they rebuild their shattered vision of a "happy family"?

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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 53GoodWatch 62
IMDb5.3
Running time
2 h 18 min
Longer than most dramas, +29 min on the typical 109
typical 109138
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
2025
September 12, 2025
Last year
Genre
Drama
Language
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
English
Made in
Japan
Taiwan
United States
24 of 26
Directing · 1
Tetsuya Mariko Director, Screenplay
Production · 18
Shôzô Ichiyama Executive Producer
Jayde Lin Executive Producer
Chen Wan-ching Executive Producer
Shunsuke Koga Executive Producer
Oliver Hsu Executive Producer
Taishi Mito Executive Producer
Camera · 1
Yasuyuki Sasaki Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Matthieu Laclau Editor
Sound · 4
Jim O'Rourke Original Music Composer
Tu Duu-chih Sound Supervisor
Wu Chen-yu Sound Supervisor
Hiroaki Kanachi Sound Recordist
Lighting · 1
Chad Dougherty Gaffer

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