(TABI TO HIBI)

Japanese director Shô Miyake (Small, Slow But Steady, 2022; All the Long Nights, 2024) adapts two classic manga pieces by legendary cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge, turning the 50-year-old source material into a film that feels both contemporary and timeless. Yuta Tsukinaga’s neatly composed Academy-ratio cinematography speaks more eloquently than words. The slow, meditative tone reveals small events that happen by chance in our daily lives, and how we respond to them.

Festival selection/awards: Winner Golden Leopard Award, 2025 Locarno International Film Festival

Curation and notes by documentarian Kazuhiro Soda

Screening as part of East Asia Film Festival Ireland 2026