Two Seasons, Two Strangers

• Shim Eun-kyung as Lee • Yuumi Kawai as Nagisa • Mansaku Takada as Natsuo • Shirō Sano as professor Uonuma / Uonuma's brother • Shinichi Tsutsumi as Ben-zō ==Production==

The film co-produced by Culture Entertainment, Sedic International, and TheFool was acquired by the Japanese distribution company Bitters End, for international sales and Japanese distribution in May 2025. It was featured in Cannes market lineup. ==Release==

Two Seasons, Two Strangers had its World Premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 15 August 2025, and competed for Golden Leopard. The film was presented in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 25 September 2025. It also competed in the Competition section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 19, 2025 for 'Busan Awards'. It was also screened in International Perspective at the São Paulo International Film Festival on 20 October 2025. On 27 October it was screened at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in the Wide Angle section. It was screened in Open Zone section of the Stockholm International Film Festival on 10 November 2025. It was presented in 'Country Focus: Japan - 2025' section of the 56th International Film Festival of India in November 2025. It was presented in the Panorama section of the 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 30 November 2025. It was selected to compete in the Asian Feature Film Competition of the 36th Singapore International Film Festival and had its Singapore Premiere on 3 December 2025. It also competed in the Red Sea: Competition strand at the Red Sea International Film Festival and had screening on 8 December 2025. The film was released on November 7, 2025 in Japanese theatres by . It is also slated to release in South Korea in the winter season. Rights for the film were also acquired for the United States (Several Futures), France (Art House Films), China (Unknown Pleasures Pictures), Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Greece (Weird Waves), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes), and Indonesia (PT Falcon). ==Reception==

Critical response Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four stars and wrote, "Miyake is not only one of the great Japanese filmmakers of his generation. He is also among the best at imbuing neglected people with humanity and injecting aching empathy into modest stories. Two Seasons, Two Strangers might be him at his best." Accolades ==References==