Unmei ja Nai Hito

A Stranger of Mine

運命じゃない人

Release Date: July, 16th, 2005

Running Time: 98 min

Genre: Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: 35mm

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

[ Directed by ]

UCHIDA Kenji

[ Produced by ]

AMANO Mayumi

[ Cast ]

NAKAMURA Yasuhi ── MIYATA Takeshi
KIRISHIMA Reika ── KUWATA Maki
YAMANAKA So ── KANDA Yusuke

[ Staff ]

UCHIDA Kenji ── Original Story
UCHIDA Kenji ── Screenplay
INOUE Keiichiro ── Cinematography
ISHIBASHI Mitsuharu ── Music

[ Production Company ]

PIA, TBS, TOKYO FM, NIKKATSU, IMAGICA

[ Story ]

Naive and gullible Miyata (Nakamura Yasuhi) is depressed because his fiance, Ayumi (Itaya Yuka), has disappeared even though he just bought an apartment where they planned to live together. His private detective friend, Kanda (Yamanaka So), can't stand Miyata's whining anymore and he picks up a girl for Miyata when they go out to a restaurant together. The girl, Maki (Kirishima Reika) says that she has just split up with her fiance, too and claims she has no place to stay. Miyata agrees to let her stay over in his apartment. Then Ayumi turns up out of the blue. Maki gets angry with the self-centered Ayumi and storms out, but Miyata runs after her and manages to get her phone number. It is an evening of modest blessings for Miyata, but a terrible chain of events is about to shatter his happiness. Ayumi has stolen money from the Yakuza and Kanda is also involved. Somehow, Maki got her hands on the money and now all hell breaks loose around the unfortunate Miyata.
Selected for the Critics' Week of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2005.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

58th Cannes International Film Festival (International Critics' Week)
Filmfest Munich 2005 (Japan Special)
40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Another View)
21th Haifa International Film Festival
27th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
28th Starz Denver International Film Festival
58th Cannes International Film Festival - Prix SACD Award, Rail d'Or for Best Feature Film, TV5 Young Critic Award for Best Feature Film, TV5 Award for Best German Critic