Dear Etranger

2017 2h 7m JA

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 19

Drama

Synopsis

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Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tadanobu Asano
Makoto Tanaka
Rena Tanaka
Nanae
Shinobu Terajima
Yuka
Kankuro Kudo
Sawada
Shingo Mizusawa
Narushi Ikeda
Sara Minami
Kaoru Tanaka
Raiju Kamata
Saori

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yukiko Mishima
Writers: Haruhiko Arai
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yukiko Mishima, shot by Ryo Otsuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Takuto Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hitomi Kato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Tadanobu Asano and Rena Tanaka and Shinobu Terajima carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5797164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yukiko Mishima directs. Ryo Otsuka behind the camera. Takuto Tanaka scores. Hitomi Kato cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Yukiko Mishima, shot by Ryo Otsuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Takuto Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hitomi Kato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tadanobu Asano and Rena Tanaka and Shinobu Terajima carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt5797164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "jealousy", "based on novel or book", "pregnancy", "stepdaughter".