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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.

Strangers in the City
Directed by	Junji Sakamoto
Written by	Shoichi Maruyama
Based on	"Yukizuri no Machi" by Tatsuo Shimizu
Produced by	Mitsuru Kurosawa Tatsuya Kunimatsu
Starring	Toru Nakamura Manami Konishi
Cinematography	Seizo Sengen
Edited by	Shinichi Fushima
Music by	Goro Yasukawa
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	November 20, 2010 (2010-11-20)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.[1] It also screened as the North American premiere at the Japan Cuts on July 17, 2011.[2]

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.[3] Meanwhile, Russell Edwards of Variety said, "[Manami] Konishi exhibits a powerful range of suppressed emotions as Hatano's former child bride-cum-Tokyo bargirl."[4]

References

External links

• Strangers in the City at IMDb

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