Film
Dear Stranger
2025 · 2h 18m · Drama
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Overview
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
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
Steve McCoy
Conrad Fitzgerald
Carrie Keating
Lily
John D. Remington
Dean
Shelley Thomas-Harts
Preschool Principal
Brandon Schraml
Tim Adkins
Crew
- Tetsuya MarikoDirector · Screenplay
- Eisei ShuProducer
- Naoya TakahashiProducer
- Liang YingProducer
- Julia XuProducer
- Yasuhiko NakajimaExecutive Producer
- Owen LeeExecutive Producer
- Chen Wan-chingExecutive Producer
- Jayde LinExecutive Producer
- Hideo KatsumataExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 12, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Rated
- IIB
- Genres
- Drama
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