Strangers in Kyoto

2025•6.0/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

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.

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Production

Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Tokyo Theatres Company, avex pictures, TEN CARAT, Wonderstruck

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Status

Released

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Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Mai Fukagawa

Shibusawa Madoka

Ritsu Otomo

Shibusawa Mario

Zuru Onodera

Reiko Kataoka

Ryuya Wakaba

Takashi Matsuo

Kosuke Toyohara

Shigeru Muroi

Takashi Omoto

Reiko Mori

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