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Dear Stranger (2025)
Directed by Tetsuya Mariko
Drama · 2h 18m
A Japanese man and his Chinese-American wife struggle with work, parenting, and caregiving in NYC. Their strained life spirals when their son is kidnapped, leading to murder. Unspoken truths and secrets surface, deepening their rift. Can they rebuild their shattered vision of a "happy family"?
Cast
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kenji Saiga
Gwei Lun-Mei
Jane Yang
J
Julian Wang
Donovan "Donny" Fox
Christopher Mann
Detective Bixby
Everest Talde
Kai Saiga
Fiona Fu
Shu-An Yao
Mia Reece
Monica Lombera
James Chu
En-Yu Yang
Aitor Martin
Miguel Lombera
Lanett Tachel
Vanessa
Matt Golden
Michael Beaumont
S
Steve McCoy
Conrad Fitzgerald
Crew
- Director
- Tetsuya Mariko
- Screenplay
- Tetsuya Mariko
- Director of Photography
- Yasuyuki Sasaki
- Original Music Composer
- Jim O'Rourke
- Editor
- Matthieu Laclau
- Producer
- Eisei Shu, Naoya Takahashi, Liang Ying, Julia Xu
Details
- Original title
- Dear Stranger／ディア・ストレンジャー
- Release date
- 2025-09-12
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, English
- Countries
- Japan, Taiwan, United States of America
- Production
- Rollin Studios, Toei Company, ROJI, Lou Lou Film Studio