Set in Koshigaya City, Japan, “The Streetlight” is a taut, true-story thriller that captures the quiet dread of being seen — and followed — in a foreign land. What begins as a dream job teaching abroad beneath blooming cherry trees slowly unravels into a nightmare of surveillance, obsession, and survival.

When a young woman notices a stranger’s eyes fixed on her during a crowded train ride, she brushes it off as curiosity. But when the same man appears again — and again — her sense of wonder turns to fear. Each night, the streets grow narrower, the shadows longer, until one final confrontation beneath a flickering streetlight forces her to choose between fight and freeze.

Told with biting humor, cultural detail, and cinematic tension, “The Streetlight” is a true account of resilience — of what it means to stand your ground when the world around you goes silent.