Japan
Shô Miyake
In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet seaside exchanging distant looks and clumsy words in the rainy ocean. In winter, screenwriter Li arrives at a snowy village meeting Benzo at his guesthouse.

Shô 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 be part of the competition at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival. His documentary THE COCKPIT (2014) won the Nippon Visions Jury Award.
Filmography
Small, Slow But Steady (2022); And Your Bird Can Sing (2018); Misshi to Bannin (2017)