• Source: Strangers in the City (2010 film)

      • Strangers in the City (行きずりの街, Yukizuri no Machi) is a 2010 Japanese thriller film directed by Junji Sakamoto, starring Toru Nakamura and Manami Konishi. It is based on the novel of the same title by Tatsuo Shimizu.


      Cast


      Tōru Nakamura as Hatano
      Manami Konishi as Masako
      Nao Minamisawa as Yukari
      Yosuke Kubozuka as Nakagome
      Renji Ishibashi as Ikebe
      Shun Sugata as Omori
      Kyoko Enami as Masako's mother
      Arata Iura as Masako's boyfriend
      Tetta Sugimoto as Hatano's former colleague
      Eriko Sato as Hatano's former colleague
      Mitsuki Tanimura as Yukari's friend


      Release


      Strangers in the City premiered at the Busan International Film Festival on October 11, 2010. It also screened as the North American premiere at the Japan Cuts on July 17, 2011.


      Reception


      Mark Schilling of The Japan Times criticized Strangers in the City, noting that the director Junji Sakamoto and the screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama could not decide what the film is about. Meanwhile, Russell Edwards of Variety said, "[Manami] Konishi exhibits a powerful range of suppressed emotions as Hatano's former child bride-cum-Tokyo bargirl."


      References




      External links


      Strangers in the City at IMDb

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