Strangers

Strangers (1987) is the story of a lonely Japanese script writer who returns to his childhood home and, by chance, meets a couple who are uncannily like his parents, who died in a car crash when he was 12. As he becomes increasingly involved with them, the narrative explores the boundaries between the living and the dead, past and present, and the deep longing for familial bonds.

• Lovers of literature in translation 
• Japanophiles eager to learn more about one of the country’s most beloved novels
• Movie buffs interested in the book that inspired 2023’s All of Us Strangers

Taichi Yamada was a Japanese script writer who wrote several successful television series before turning his hand to novels. He published three novels including Strangers which won Japan’s Yamamoto Shugoro Prize.