{"id":170061,"date":"2025-09-20T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/170061\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:55:07","slug":"nishijima-hidetoshis-dear-stranger-unveils-international-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/170061\/","title":{"rendered":"Nishijima Hidetoshi&#8217;s &#8216;Dear Stranger&#8217; Unveils International Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMariko Tetsuya\u2019s cross-cultural drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dear-stranger\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dear-stranger\" data-tag=\"dear-stranger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Stranger<\/a>\u201d has unveiled its international trailer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFollowing its Sept. 12 theatrical release in Japan, the film made its international premiere at the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/busan-international-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_busan-international-film-festival\" data-tag=\"busan-international-film-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Busan International Film Festival<\/a> and will serve as the closing film at Taiwan\u2019s Golden Horse Film Festival. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStarring <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/nishijima-hidetoshi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nishijima-hidetoshi\" data-tag=\"nishijima-hidetoshi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nishijima Hidetoshi<\/a> (Oscar-winning \u201cDrive My Car\u201d) and Gwei Lun-Mei (\u201cBlack Coal, Thin Ice\u201d), \u201cDear Stranger\u201d follows an Asian couple in New York whose marriage unravels when their young son goes missing. The film explores themes of identity, isolation and communication across cultures through what Mariko describes as \u201ccold violence\u201d \u2013 the silent cruelty within intimate relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMariko, who won Locarno\u2019s best emerging director Award for \u201cDestruction Babies\u201d (2016), developed the project during his 2019 residency at Harvard University\u2019s Reischauer Institute. The experience of living as an outsider in America informed the film\u2019s examination of cultural displacement and linguistic barriers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShot entirely on location in New York in late 2024, the production featured an international crew including cinematographer Sasaki Yasuyuki, editor Matthieu Laclau, and composer Jim O\u2019Rourke. Puppetry director Blair Thomas created sequences that reflect the wife\u2019s artistic background and immigrant experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith 90% of dialogue in English, the production required extensive table readings to help the multilingual cast internalize their roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRoji Films and Toei present the feature, with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/nishijima-hidetoshi-dear-stranger-est-n8-sales-1236511557\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">world sales handled by EST N8<\/a> and Toei. Distribution is set through Toei in Japan, The Jokers Films in France, and Applause Entertainment in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the international trailer here:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mariko Tetsuya\u2019s cross-cultural drama \u201cDear Stranger\u201d has unveiled its international trailer. 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