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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story Directed by Patty Kim Chris Sheridan Produced by Jane Campion Patty Kim Chris Sheridan Written by Patty Kim Chris Sheridan Starring Shigeru Yokota Sakie Yokota Teruaki Masumoto Music by Shoji Kameda Distributed by Safari Media Release date(s) 2006 (United States) Running time 85 mins. Language English Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story is an American documentary about Megumi Yokota, a Japanese student who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977. The film made its world premiere at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and has won numerous awards. It was made by Canadian journalists Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim made and released in 37 theaters in Tokyo and 17 other prefectures, including Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka. It was also released in theaters in the United States, opening on August 18, 2006 at the Hollywood Arc Light Cinema in Los Angeles. Among its honors, this film was named best documentary at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas and won the audience award at the Omaha and Slamdance Film Festivals in 2006. The film's been shown at some of the largest festivals all over the world including the Sydney Film Festival in Australia, the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam in The Netherlands and the Hot Docs Film Festival in Canada. In January 2009, the film was honored with the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award, one of the highest distinctions in American journalism. The film has also been broadcast on TV, and featured in theaters in Hong Kong, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Israel, France, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Singapore and many others. Contents 1 Plot Summary 2 Awards 3 See also 4 References 5 External links // Plot Summary The documentary is told from the eyes of Megumi's mother and father as they learned the grave truth of their daughter's abduction, and their thirty year search for the truth. Awards At a ceremony at Columbia University in New York on January 22, 2009, the filmmakers were awarded the Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton, one of the highest distinctions in American journalism. Best Documentary, Audience Award: 2006 Slamdance Film Festival Best Documentary, Audience Award: 2006 Omaha Film Festival Jury Prize, Best Documentary: 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Top Ten Audience Favorite: 2006 Hot Docs Best Documentary: 2006 Asian Film Festival of Dallas Best Documentary: 2006 Austin Film Festival Top Five Audience Favorite: 2006 Sydney Film Festival Nominee, Best Feature Documentary, United Nations International Film Festival on Human Rights 2007 Nominee, Best Feature Documentary: 2006 Atlanta Film Festival Nominee, Best Feature Documentary: 2006 Starz Denver Film Festival Nominee, Best Feature Documentary: 2006 Independent Film Festival of Boston Official Selection: 2006 IDA Docuweek Theatrical Showcase Official Selection: 2006 International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam Official Selection: 2007 Docaviv International Film Festival Official Selection: 2007 Thessaloniki International Film Festival See also North Korean abductions of Japanese Megumi Yokota Megumi (manga), a manga and anime adaptation of Yokota's story References This section has no content. You can help Wikipedia by introducing information to it. (July 2010) External links Official film site ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story site for Independent Lens on PBS Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story at the Internet Movie Database PBS's Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, [In Focus: ABDUCTION http://foreignexchange.tv/?q=node/1690] Giovanni Fazio, "Testimony to an unwavering love", The Japan Times, 23 November 2006 Efilmcritic review ["Goes from true crime story to world politics with an emotional wallop" http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=13704] Anita Huslin, "Stealing Lives To Pilfer Secrets", The Washington Post, 24 November 2006 New York Post film review http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122007/entertainment/movies/hope_amid_tears_movies_v_a__musetto.htm New York Times movie listing http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=346126 New Yorker movie review http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2007/01/22/070122crci_cinema_lane Slant magazine movie review http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2732 Los Angeles Times movie review http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/screening/cl-wk-screen17aug17,0,856731.story?coll=cl-screening Government Internet TV site duPont Award story http://www.tvweek.com/newspro-telling-the-story/index.php