© Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media


Issey FILLIQUET WATANABE

The Stranger

異邦人

Nippon Visions   ½ 

A young boy returns from school, but his family barely notices him because they have a visitor. Everyone is chatting excitedly while the stranger remains impassive, sitting silently at the table. Who is this mysterious man? Eerie discoveries follow, and reality starts to unravel.

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18 minutes

Director
Issey FILLIQUET WATANABE

Script
Shinnosuke NII

Cinematography
Pingchun HSIANG

World sales
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media

Cast
Subaru KAMIYA, Aika YUKIHIRA, Yukihiro OTANI, Atsushi SHIZUYA, Yuwa KAMIMURA

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