Feature Narratives

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Tabi to Hibi

Directed by Sho Miyake

Screening at DIFF 2026

Fri30 7:15 PM to 8:44 PMFriday 30 Oct · PictureTime 2

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Runtime: 89 min
Year: 2025
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, Korean
Subtitles: English

Synopsis

One summer, a young man and a young woman meet on the beach in a small town unfamiliar to them both. Their shared sense of being outsiders brings them together, but the romance they both awkwardly try to pursue never quite seems to get off the ground. One winter, a Korean screenwriter living in Japan sets out on a journey to a snow-covered mountain village in an attempt to rediscover her inspiration. There, she ends up staying at an old inn run by a solitary old man. Words are difficult for them all, and everyone is lonely — but for very different reasons.

Director

Sho MiyakeSho Miyake was born in 1984 in Sapporo, Japan. He completed the fiction filmmaking course at the Film School of Tokyo and began directing feature films shortly after graduating from university. Regarded as one of the most distinctive contemporary Japanese filmmakers, Miyake is known for his humanistic films centred on…

Cast and crew

Producer: Masayoshi Johnai
Writer: Sho Miyake
Cinematographer: Yuta Tsukinaga
Editor: Keiko Okawa
Sound: Takamitsu Kawai, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Music: Hi’Spec
Cast: EunKyung Shim, Yuumi Kawai, Mansaku Takada, Shiro Sano, Shinichi Tsutsumi