Great Absence

GREAT ABSENCE - Responding to a call from police, Tokyo actor Takashi (Mirai Moriyama) went to the house of his long-estranged father Yohji (Tatsuya Fuji) to find the place in shambles, the old man patently in the grip of dementia, and with no sign of Yohji's longtime live-in lover (Hideko Hara). Discovered diaries provide the sole clues as Takashi painfully tries to piece together what happened, and bridge a gulf where his parent can't meet him halfway. 132 minutes In Japanese with English subtitles.