is a 2010 Japanese comedy film. It based on the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series entitled Is He Turning Japanese? by Saori Oguri

Saori Oguri

is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her first work was Sora ni makka na mono relu in the Shōjo comic magazine, Chorus ....

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Plot

The movie was about the trials and tribulations of an interracial couple living in Japan, Saori Oguri

Saori Oguri

is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her first work was Sora ni makka na mono relu in the Shōjo comic magazine, Chorus ....

 and Tony László

Tony László

Tony László is an American born to parents of Hungarian and Italian descent. He was raised in the United States and came to Japan in 1985...

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Cast

• Mao Inoue
  Mao Inoue
  is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
  
   as Saori
• Jonathan Sherr
  Jonathan Sherr
  Johnathan Sherr is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tony László in My Darling Is a Foreigner.-References:...
  
   as Tony
• Ryoko Kuninaka
  Ryoko Kuninaka
  is an Okinawan actress and singer. She hails from Naha City in Okinawa, Japan and currently works for Vision Factory.-Biography:Ryoko Kuninaka was working part-time at a Zenzai store when she was discovered by a talent scout. In 1998, she entered the "Idol High School" for aspiring female...
  
   as Mika
• Naho Toda
  Naho Toda
  is a Japanese actress.- Career :In 1990, she successfully passed an audition called Horipro Talent Scout Caravan.- Personal life :She had graduated from Tamagawa University....
  
   as 'Orange Pop' Editor
• Jun Kunimura as Saori's dad
• Shinobu Otake as Saori's mom
• Daijiro Kawaoka
• Dante Carver
  Dante Carver
  is an American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005, and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking character , and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as...
  
  
• Masato Irie
• Takumi Bando

Critical Reception

Mark Shilling of The Japan Times

The Japan Times

The Japan Times is an English language newspaper published in Japan. Unlike its competitors, the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, it is not affiliated with a Japanese language media organization...

 gave the film a rating of 2.5 stars out of a total of 5 stars. He praised actor Jonathan Sherr as "miles above the usual foreign actor in Japanese films, meaning he is not totally embarrassing to watch." but added that when he is "required to show something deeper than affability, he is lost". The Hollywood Reporter and Variety

Variety (magazine)

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also gave the film an average review.

External links

• Essay on the film from Metropolis
• Film Review from JapanReviewed.