디어 스트레인저 (2025)
Dear Stranger／ディア・ストレンジャー
교수 임용을 꿈꾸는 일본인 교수 겐지와 인형극 예술가로 활동하는 대만계 미국인 제인은 아들 카이와 뉴욕에서 단란한 가정을 이룬 듯 보인다. 제인은 엄마로서의 삶과 밀착될수록 멀어져 가는 자신의 꿈을 잡으려 애를 쓴다. 어느 날 카이가 실종되면서, 잔존하던 기억이 겐지와 제인의 삶을 비집고 들어온다.
출연진
- 니시지마 히데토시 — Kenji Saiga
- 계륜미 — 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
흥미로운 사실
Dear Stranger is a 2025 film directed by Tetsuya Mariko starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwei Lun-mei. It explores themes of trust and grief in the American immigrant experience and multi-cultural marriage between a Japanese man and his Taiwanese-American wife.
Production
The film is the first English production from Japan's Toei Company. It was shot entirely on location in New York City and edited in Taiwan.
Aside from Toei, the film is backed by Roji Inc. and has support from JLOX+ and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA).
Mariko was inspired to make the film upon his return to Japan from the U.S. after the COVID pandemic, pivoting from his previous focus on "absurd violence" towards an emotional drifting apart.
For Jane's puppeteer work, Mariko collaborated with Blair Thomas to choreograph puppetry that would express Jane's passion for the art form and her struggle balancing it with her family life.
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