Rinjin X: Giwaku no Kanojo (2023)
Other name: 隣人X 疑惑の彼女 / Neighbor X: Suspicious Girlfriend / Сосед Х: Подозрительная девушка
Synopsis: The Earth receives an influx of X refugees, who were deported from their home planet due to a dispute. Countries on Earth agonize over how to deal with the influx of these interplanetary immigrants. The U.S. government announced that they would accept X refugees, and the Japanese government announced that they would also accept X refugees.
The X refugees transform their appearance into human beings and live among ordinary humans. Residents in the host countries are unable to distinguish X refugees by appearance, and they have no idea if any of them live among them. People become anxious, confused, and afraid of the X refugees, and they try to find the refugees who may live among them.
Sasa Kentaro is a weekly magazine journalist. For a story, he hides his identity as a journalist and approaches Kashiwagi Ryoko, who is suspected of being an X refugee. He gets close to her and begins to have feelings for her, but he’s not certain if she is human.
(Source: AsianWiki)
Adapted from the novel “Rinjin X” (隣人X) by Pallus Ayako (パリュス あや子).
Director: Kumazawa Naoto [熊澤尚人]
Country: Japanese
Status: Completed
Release Year: 2023
Genres: Alien, investigation, Mystery, Novel, Romance, Sci-fi
Starring: Hara Hideko (1959), Hayashi Kento (1990), Huang Pei Jia (1988), Kawase Yota (1969), Masuno Hidetomo (1975), Nomura Shuhei (1993), Sakou Yoshi (1958), Shimada Kyusaku (1955), Ueno Juri (1986)
Yay rinjin!