A Missing Part

Nov 13, 2024

1h 38m

★ 6.5

Overview

Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn't recognize him.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Les Films Pelléas

Versus Production

Loaded Films

Savage Film

Proximus

France 2 Cinéma

A Missing Part Trailers

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Cast

Jay

Romain Duris

Lily

Mei Cirne-Masuki

Jessica

Judith Chemla

Michiko

Tsuyu Shimizu

Lily's grandmother

Shungicu Uchida

Keiko Nomura, mother of Lily

Yumi Narita

Jay's father

Patrick Descamps

Shinnosuke Abe

Mr. Uchishiba

Morio Agata

Honda

Toshihiro Yashiba

Eriko

Eriko Takeda

Takashima, the manager

Masayuki Shida

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