Dear Stranger

Dear Stranger
2025
★★★★☆ 8.6/10
⏱️ 138 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
Drama
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
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kenji Saiga
Gwei Lun-Mei
Gwei Lun-Mei
Jane Yang
Julian Wang
Julian Wang
Donovan "Donny" Fox
Christopher Mann
Christopher Mann
Detective Bixby
Everest Talde
Everest Talde
Kai Saiga
Fiona Fu
Fiona Fu
Shu-An Yao

Crew

Director
Tetsuya Mariko
Writer
Tetsuya Mariko
Producer
Yasuhiko Nakajima, Owen Lee, Chen Wan-Ching

Production

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

Keywords

married couplefamily relationshipsdisappearanceincidentrelationshipsmarital relations