Strangers in Kyoto (2025)
Madoka meets her husband's parents, who run a 450-year-old hand fan shop in the center of Kyoto. Together with her artist friend Anzai, they start an essay manga about the traditional shops in the area. On Madoka's first day minding the store alone, she ends up giving an interview to a TV crew and angering quite a lot of people by being a bit too candid. While Madoka is enamored by Kyoto, she has quite a lot to learn about the unsaid rules and the passive-aggressiveness of the local proprietresses.
Director: Masanori Tominaga
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Mai Fukagawa as Shibusawa Madoka |
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Ritsu Otomo as Shibusawa Mario |
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Zuru Onodera as |
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Reiko Kataoka as |
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Ryuya Wakaba as |
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Takashi Matsuo as |
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Kosuke Toyohara as |
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Shigeru Muroi as |
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Takashi Omoto as |
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Reiko Mori as |
| Directing | Masanori Tominaga | Director |
| Writing | Atsushi Asada | Writer |
| Art | Yoshito Endo | Decorator |
| Production | Keisuke Akasu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yuhiro Matsuoka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rampei Yokoyama | Producer |
| Production | Yasuhiro Miyoshi | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Motokazu Horikiri | Editor |
| Lighting | Kenji Ishida | Gaffer |
| Directing | 中薗大雅 | Assistant Director |