Strangers in the City

is a 2010 Japanese thriller film directed by Junji Sakamoto, starring Toru Nakamura and Manami Konishi. It is based on the novel of the same title by Tatsuo Shimizu. Cast Tōru Nakamura as Hatano Manami Konishi as Masako Nao Minamisawa as Yukari Yosuke Kubozuka as Nakagome Renji Ishibashi as Ikebe Shun Sugata as Omori Kyoko Enami as Masako's mother Arata Iura as Masako's boyfriend Tetta Sugimoto as Hatano's former colleague Eriko Sato as Hatano's former colleague Mitsuki Tanimura as Yukari's friend Release Strangers in the City premiered at the Busan International Film Festival on October 11, 2010. It also screened as the North American premiere at the Japan Cuts on July 17, 2011. Reception Mark Schilling of The Japan Times criticized Strangers in the City, noting that the director Junji Sakamoto and the screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama could not decide what the film is about. Meanwhile, Russell Edwards of Variety said, "[Manami] Konishi exhibits a powerful range of suppressed emotions as Hatano's former child bride-cum-Tokyo bargirl."