Strangers in Kyoto

Jun 6, 2025

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Tokyo Theatres Company

avex pictures

TEN CARAT

Wonderstruck

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Cast

Shibusawa Madoka

Mai Fukagawa

Shibusawa Mario

Ritsu Otomo

Zuru Onodera

Reiko Kataoka

Ryuya Wakaba

Takashi Matsuo

Kosuke Toyohara

Shigeru Muroi

Takashi Omoto

Reiko Mori

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