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But all I could do at the time was imagine how a mother would feel.”</p> <p>The actress married in 2020.</p> <p>When she read the script again after giving birth, she was scared, feeling her heart would break if she were to play the protagonist, Saori, whose only daughter has been missing for three months.</p> <p>But Ishihara is thankful to have been able to portray Saori, as she can now understand a mother’s feelings.</p> <p>In the film, Ishihara gets strung out and vents her frustration on her caring husband (Munetaka Aoki). She portrays herself as a “tragic mother” to a TV reporter (Tomoya Nakamura).</p> <p>Saori goes back and forth between despair and hope with each snippet of eyewitness information while battling abusive comments online as she waits to hear from the police.</p> <p>Her hair turns brittle and her skin looks dull. 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