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Mariko Tetsuya’s cross-cultural drama “ Dear Stranger ” has unveiled its international trailer.
Following its Sept. 12 theatrical release in Japan, the film made its international premiere at the Busan International Film Festival and will serve as the closing film at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival.
Starring Nishijima Hidetoshi (Oscar-winning “Drive My Car”) and Gwei Lun-Mei (“Black Coal, Thin Ice”), “Dear Stranger” 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 “cold violence” – the silent cruelty within intimate relationships.
Mariko, who won Locarno’s best emerging director Award for “Destruction Babies” (2016), d
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