Strangers (Japanese: 異人たちとの夏, Romanization: Ijintachi to no natsu, lit. Summer with the Strangers) is a novel by Taichi Yamada, first published in 1987 by Shinchosha. Hideo Harada, a 47-year-old TV scriptwriter in Tokyo, is lonely. He has moved to an apartment in a business building in a desolate area near the Tokyo ringway. He's recently divorced and his teenage son wants nothing to do with him. Harada meets his only neighbour, Kei, a mysterious 33-year old woman living in his building, which is otherwise deserted at night. One day, Harada visits Asakusa, his childhood home town until he lost his parents in an accident. A couple who resemble Harada's parents as they were when they died invite him into their home.
Adaptations (1)
Strangers was adapted into a 2023 film.
All of Us Strangers2023 · film · 105 min · dir. Andrew Haigh · IMDb ↗One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
