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Kazuhiko Yukawasa is mostly known for his script-writing work in various TV series, but he has also managed to shoot a rather interesting movie in 2016, “Koisaika Miyamoto”, based on a novel by Kiyoshi Shigematsu and starring Hiroshi Abe. This time, he had full control of the film, since he directed based on a script of his own, and ended up with a romantic feature that shares many similarities with the Hollywood productions of the category.

The story unfolds over a period of 30 years, starting in 1986, when Yayoi Yuki, an overachiever in school and a genuinely decent person is bound to Taro, a soccer ace that dreams of playing in the World Cup, by a common friend, Sakura, who has contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. Despite the latter’s promise to graduate together with her two friends, the young girl perishes before that. However, the seed of love has already...

One thing is for certain: Japanese directors are in the top of the family drama genre, which they have been perfecting since the beginning of the country’s cinema. And although “Dear Etranger” (the French word for stranger in case you were wondering) is not a masterpiece, it certainly proves the fact. The film won the Special Grand Prix of the Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal World Film Festival.

“Dear Etranger” screened at Japan Cuts 2018

The script is based on Kiyoshi Shigematsu’s 1996 novel “Osanago Warera ni Umare”. Makoto is an assistant manager to a big company and a career man who separates himself from his colleagues by being dedicated to his family, meaning he does not go for drinks with them after work, but instead prefers on returning to his house and spending time with his family. His family situation, however, is quite complicated, since he currently lives with his second wife,...

One thing is for certain: Japanese directors are in the top of the family drama genre, which they have been perfecting since the beginning of the country’s cinema. And although “Dear Etranger” (the French word for stranger in case you were wondering) is not a masterpiece, it certainly proves the fact. The film won the Special Grand Prix of the Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal World Film Festival.

Dear Etranger is screening at Japan Cuts 2018

The script is based on Kiyoshi Shigematsu’s 1996 novel “Osanago Warera ni Umare”. Makoto is an assistant manager to a big company and a career man who separates himself from his colleagues by being dedicated to his family, meaning he does not go for drinks with them after work, but instead prefers on returning to his house and spending time with his family. His family situation, however, is quite complicated, since he currently lives with his second wife,...