A Tender Place (2001) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2001 · 201 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Shunichi Nagasaki

Starring

Hideo Murota, Sabu Kawahara, Moeko Ezawa, Takashi Sasano, Tomokazu Miura, Tarô Suwa

Kasumi, entangled in an affair with Ishiyama—one of her husband’s client—travels with her family to his secluded Hokkaido villa, intending to leave them behind for a new life. The following morning her daughter Yuka vanishes, shattering Kasumi’s world. Years later, still grieving, she returns to Hokkaido accompanied by Utsumi, a terminally‑ill former detective, and pursues every clue that might reveal Yuka’s fate.