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The Strange Pair

3.319881h 45mMovieDrama

An unreliable narrator recounts the love story of a loan shark, his wife, and their recently released from jail childhood friend.

DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
WritersYoji Ogura·Wataru Kenmotsu
ProducersKyōko Ōbayashi·Mataichirô Yamamoto

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Cast · Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

RTRiki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi
TMTomokazu Miura
Tomokazu Miura
TNToshiyuki Nagashima
Toshiyuki Nagashima
KMKaho Minami
Kaho Minami
AS
Aiko Shouriki
TMToru Minegishi
Toru Minegishi
TOToshinori Omi
Toshinori Omi

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The Strange Pair hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 17, 1988. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.