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Two Seasons Two Strangers

Non-Premiere

89 minutes | 2025 | Japan | Drama  | 🔊 Japanese

Synopsis
Sinopsis

In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea. Their vacant gazes reflect each other as they exchange awkward words and wade into the rain-drenched ocean. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a snow-covered village. There, she finds a guesthouse run by Benzo.

Schedule
Jadwal

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 | 12:15 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 2
Tue, 2 Dec 2025 | 16:45 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 1

Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Shô Miyake

Shô Miyake

Sho MIYAKE, born in Hokkaido Prefecture in 1984, studied social sciences at Hitotsubashi University and completed an elementary course in fiction at the Film School of Tokyo. His first feature film, Playback, was invited to compete at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival.

Credit
Kredit
Production CompanyThe Fool
ProducerMasayoshi Jônai
DirectorShô Miyake
ScriptwriterShô Miyake, Yoshiharu Tsuge
CinematographerYuta Tsukinaga
Production Designer
EditorKeiko Okawa
Main CastShim Eun-kyung, Yuumi Kawai
Director’s filmography
  • Two Strangers Two Seasons (2025)
  • Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
  • All the Long Nights (2024)
  • And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)
  • Playback (2012)
  • Wild Tour (2019),
Notable Achievement
  • Golden Leopard: Best Film – Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland. 2025
Contact[email protected]

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