Exclusive: Japanese Toe Company set up a family suspense drama Dear stranger As the first live-action English feature in decades and the first international collaboration.
The project, directed by Japan’s Titsuya Mariko, is part of TOEI’s global expansion growth, as described in the TOEI New Wave Plan in 2023. Jokers Films is installed as a French distributor.
Filmed entirely at a New York City location, the film stars Oscar-winning Nishijima Hidetoshima I’ll drive my car and Apple TV+ Series sunnyProduced by GWEI Lun-Mei from the winner of the A24 and Golden Bears in Berlin Black charcoal, thin ice.
They play the Japanese and his Taiwanese-American wife whose peaceful immigrant life shattered when his young son went missing. The case of the lure quickly spirals into something more complicated as long-lived secrets resurface and pushes the couple into emotional and moral disruptions.
Written by Director Mariko to explore trust and sadness through immigration experiences and multicultural marriages.
Mariko’s second feature, Destruction babyHe won Best Emerging Director at Locarno in 2016 and won multiple awards in Japan. His 2019 features Miyamoto He won the Association of Asian Film Critics’ Association NetPac Award.
Dear stranger Made in Tanaka’s Tokyo-based Logi film Aisey Shu and toe-based Tanaka, both China-based Liang Ying and Julia Xu, both co-produced Jokers film Manuel Chiche.
Among its supporters are Jlox+ and Taiwan’s Creative Content Agency (Taicca) Jlox+ and Roji Inc and Toei Company, which support Taiwan’s International Joint Funding Program 2.0.
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