My Darling Is a Foreigner
2010 manga series written by Saori Oguri directed by Kazuaki Ue
My Darling Is a Foreigner (ダーリンは外国人, Dārin wa Gaikokujin) is a manga series written by Saori Oguri. The English subtitle of the Japanese editions of the first two entries is "My darling is ambidextrous"; the official English version is called My Darling is a Foreigner.
The books are published by Media Factory, Incorporated in Japan, and bilingual versions have been produced.
The series is about Oguri's relationship with Tony László, an American writer of half-Hungarian half-Italian descent who lives in Tokyo. The book Is He Turning Japanese?, a spin-off of the main manga written by László and illustrated by Oguri, was published by Digital Manga Publishing in North America.
Film version
A film adaptation of the manga was produced in 2010. Official media related to the film version spell the title in English as My darling is a foreigner.
Mao Inoue and Jonathan Sherr star in the film version, released in Japan in April 2010.
Cast
Mao Inoue as Saori Oguri
Jonathan Sherr as Tony László
Ryoko Kuninaka as Mika Oguri
Naho Toda as Orange Pop Editor
Jun Kunimura as Saori's dad
Shinobu Otake as Saori's mom
Daijiro Kawaoka
Dante Carver
Masato Irie
Takumi Bando
Mai Demizu (cameo)
Reception
Mark Shilling of The Japan Times 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".
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