Dear Stranger

Name: Dear Stranger
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-09-12
Duration: 2 h 18 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Gwei Lun-mei, Julian Wang, Christopher Mann, Everest Talde

Dear Stranger／ディア・ストレンジャー (2025)

Timing: 2:18 (138 min)

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Release date

2025-09-12

Country

Japan, Taiwan, United States

Production

Toei Company, Rollin Studios, ROJI, Lou Lou Film Studio

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

Website

https://d-stranger.jp/

Director

Tetsuya Mariko

Actors

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Gwei Lun-mei, Julian Wang, Christopher Mann, Everest Talde, Fiona Fu, Mia Reece, James Chu, Aitor Martin, Lanett Tachel
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Scenario

Producer

Eisei Shu, Naoya Takahashi, Liang Ying, Julia Xu, Yasuhiko Nakajima, Owen Lee, Chen Wan-ching, Jayde Lin, Hideo Katsumata, Hiroki Ohwada

Camera operator

Yasuyuki Sasaki

Composer

Jim O'Rourke

Artist

Audition

Editing

Matthieu Laclau
Whole Team (26)

Short description

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"?