Sho Miyake | |
|---|---|
 Miyake in 2025 | |
| Born | (1984-07-18) 18 July 1984 Sapporo, Japan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Sho Miyake (三宅 唱, Miyake Shō; born 18 July 1984) is a Japanese director.[1][2] In 2025, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for his film Two Seasons, Two Strangers.[3]
Career
In 2012, Miyake's first feature film, Playback, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. He then made "A good number of features, shorts, music videos, and television episode" before finding international acclaim with his 2022 feature film, Small, Slow But Steady.[2]
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
In 2025, Miyake's Two Seasons, Two Strangers, a remixing of two stories by mangaka Yoshiharu Tsuge, won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.[2] At the International Film Festival of Kerala, it won the Suvarna Chakoram for best film; the judges noted its “exploratory, subtle, beautiful, and thought-provoking cinematic expression of human relationships set within the natural world.”[4]
The South China Morning Post called the film "both fascinating and beautiful," and IndieWire called Miyake "one of the finest, most soulful Japanese filmmakers of his generation."[5][6]
Miyake had started developing the film in 2020. Originally, he struggled with adapting manga to film, but "The breakthrough came" with Miyake's casting of Shim Eun-kyung as a central character. During principal photography, summer scenes were shot in Kōzu-shima, and winter scenes were shot in Shōnai, Yamagata.[7]
Filmography
- Playback (2012)[8]
- And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)[9]
- Small, Slow But Steady (2022)[10]
- All the Long Nights (2024)[11]
- Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)[12]
References
- ^ "三宅唱". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ a b c Hudson, David. "Sho Miyake Wins the Golden Leopard". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (2025-08-16). "Locarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' by Sho Miyake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2025-12-19). "Miyake Sho's 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' Takes Top Prize at International Film Festival of Kerala". Variety. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "Review | Two Seasons, Two Strangers: a hypnotic ode to writing and travel". South China Morning Post. 2025-12-15. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Slater-Williams, Josh (2025-08-17). "'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' Review: Sho Miyake Is One of Japan's Most Perceptive Modern Filmmakers". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Li, Jenny S. (2025-09-22). "Golden Leopard Winner Miyake Sho on Adapting Tsuge Manga for Busan Competition Title 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "Playback". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "きみの鳥はうたえる". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "ケイコ 目を澄ませて". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "夜明けのすべて". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "旅と日々". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
External links
- Sho Miyake at IMDb
