10/27/2026
Beginning next week! Tickets available now. See the post below for more information 👇🏽
The Japan Foundation is proud to present “Unspoken Gestures: The Films of Sho Miyake,” an international touring retrospective of director Sho Miyake’s films starting in North America and traveling across seven countries in Europe from November 2026 through February 2027. Dir. Miyake himself will be traveling to each city to meet new audiences.
Co-presented with Metrograph, the New York leg of the retrospective will run from November 7–15, with Sho Miyake appearing in person on November 7 and 8. The program will feature a selection of films spanning his career to date, as well as two Carte Blanche titles personally selected by Miyake.
🎟️Tickets on sale now: https://metrograph.com/unspoken-gestures-the-films-of-sho-miyake
Miyake has remained a constant and significant presence in contemporary Japanese cinema for the past decade. From his early works—such as Good for Nothing and Playback, which foreshadowed the emergence of a new master—to his latest film, Two Seasons, Two Strangers, which won the Golden Lion at the Locarno Film Festival in 2025, his films have garnered attention in Japan with every release.
Miyake, who describes the work of a film director as “taking on the responsibility of creating images of humanity,” has consistently turned his gaze toward the demeanor of people living within a community or landscape, as well as the unspoken gestures that are often overlooked in daily life. We, too, are among the audience members who were once struck and moved by his gaze.
We sincerely hope to bring that sense of wonder and emotion to as many viewers as possible in theaters around the world.
Distributed by Several Futures.
Poster courtesy of Utaro Miyake
