Haruko Azumi Is Missing

Haruko Azumi Is Missing

A Girl Has Gone Missing.

Directed by Daigo Matsui

Produced by Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Itoh Company

2016101 min6.6 / 10

A darkly comedic Japanese drama that weaves together random street violence, a missing girl mystery, and urban graffiti into a surreal meditation on visibility and invisibility.

While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a template which is painted on each wall of a small suburban town.

Questions people ask

  • Is Haruko Azumi Is Missing sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Does Haruko Azumi Is Missing end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Haruko Azumi Is Missing scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Haruko Azumi Is Missing easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Haruko Azumi Is Missing violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

64/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity80

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise62

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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