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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Japan, 1977. A dark, lonely road leads to the windswept shores. This is the story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted on her way home from school by North Korean spies. For 20 years, her parents had no idea what had happened to her or if she was even alive. Then, one day the whole world learned the shocking truth. The film is told through the eyes of her mother and father who have been searching for their daughter for nearly 30 years. The film begins with the day Megumi vanishes and traces the astonishing course this personal tragedy takes, as it becomes a battle between two nations, rising to a shocking climax. This is a strange, painful journey, full of bizarre twists as an ordinary banker and his housewife are caught up in a life they could never have imagined.
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