Amalfi

Genre: Thriller / Suspense
Language: Japanese /Italian
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani (Suspect X) Cast: Yuji Oda (Bayside Shakedown series), Yuki Amami (Ponyo on Cliff by the Sea), Erika Toda (L: Change the World), Koichi Sato (Nobody to watch over me)
Runtime: 125min

Plot:

A single mother is visiting Italy with her daughter as tourists during Christmas. Suddenly the daughter gets kidnapped and turning the mother into hysteria. Japanese diplomat Kuroda Yasushi is then assigned to the Japanese Embassy in Rome, to help the mother to search for her daughter.

Watched the movie on 31 Oct with Sylvia.

ah-deng says: 4 ½ / 5 A Japanese version of Angels & Demons. Similiar backdrop, suspense and race against time. No doubt about it for the high intensity and transition from drama to thriller to romance.