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2005 International Critic's Week in Cannes
The 14th Pia Film Festival Scholarship Fund Film
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When scattered strings of time converge, good fortune is sure to follow
It all started one Friday night when broken hearted and lackluster businessman Miyata returned home after losing the love of his life, only to be called out again by his private investigator friend. The two meet at a restaurant, where Miyata runs into a woman and falls in love, but in the shadows something unbelievable awaits them all...
Three episodes as seen from the viewpoints of five people - a devastated Miyata, a detective who is tired of his job, a yakuza boss having trouble running his organization, a woman thrown into despair by a two-timing fiance, and a con woman who twists men around her finger - are sandwiched between a short prologue and epilogue. The relationships between seemingly simple and isolated episodes begin to surface one after the other as the story progresses, bringing friendships to light and exposing the complicated nature of human beings. While Miyata remains oblivious to the events happening around him, surely his kindness and braverywill encourage broken hearted guys everywhere to keep trying.
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In his 2002 PIA Film-Festival Award winning film WEEKEND BLUES, director Kenji Uchida adeptly re-constructs the rules of time and narrative to explore the mysterious "missing day' in the life of a 28 year-old broken-hearted business man. In A STRANGER OF MINE, Uchida's theatrical film debut, he has further sharpened his intriguing narrative style to weave together the events of a single night told from the point of view of each of the main characters. Skillfully creating a thrilling and heartwarming tale of fate, Uchida delivers an innovative love story that comically depicts the innocence of men and the tenacity of women |
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Kenji UCHIDA
Born in 1972. An aspiring director since his high school years, Uchida enrolled in the undergraduate program in cinema at San Francisco State University in 1992, affording him the opportunity to learn script writing and film production techniques in everything from 8mm to 35mm. After graduating in 1998 Uchida returned to Japan and completed his independent film "WEEKEND BLUES" -recipient of both the TBS "Planning Award" and the Nikkatsu "Brilliant Award"at the 24th annual Pia Film Festival. Uchida then went on to receive the 14th PFF Scholarship in 2004 to create his first feature "A Stranger of Mine."
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| TITLE : A Stranger of Mine |
DATA : 35mm / color/ 1:1.85 / 98min. |
| DIRECTOR : Kenji UCHIDA |
CAST : Yasuhi NAKAMURA/ Reika KIRISHIMA
So YAMANAKA/ Keisuke YAMASHITA/ Yuka ITAYA |
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Copyrightę 1995-2005, Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TBS(English)
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