# Strangers in Kyoto (2025)

> A Tokyo writer married into Kyoto tradition turns her outsider’s curiosity into a comic collision with the city’s unspoken social codes.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7449732

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Director: Masanori Tominaga
- Cast: Mai Fukagawa, Ritsu Otomo, Zuru Onodera, Reiko Kataoka, Ryuya Wakaba, Takashi Matsuo, Kosuke Toyohara, Shigeru Muroi
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35593281/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, awkward, observant, quiet evening, japanese cinema night

## Movies like Strangers in Kyoto

- [Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025)](https://ember.film/movie/7393957)
- [Equinox Flower (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/17238)
- [Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/6961)
- [My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/9779)
- [Late Autumn (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/13175)
- [Little Forest: Four Seasons (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/633682)
- [The Taste of Tea (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/9136)
- [Good Morning (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/17242)
- [The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat (2026)](https://ember.film/movie/7504801)
- [Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/214326)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt