Canadian Premiere
Fuyuko is a solitary thirty-something freelance proofreader living a quiet, meticulously ordered existence on the margins of Tokyo. Disconnected from the world around her and weighed down by unspoken anxieties from her past, her routine begins to shift when a chance encounter with a gentle physics teacher introduces her to the beauty of light and the possibility of human connection. As she slowly opens herself to intimacy and the vulnerability of being seen, Fuyuko is forced to confront the emotional walls she has spent years constructing.
Based on Mieko Kawakami’s acclaimed novel, All the Lovers in the Night is a delicate, deeply felt exploration of urban isolation and quiet self-discovery. Tenderly directed by Yukiko Sode and anchored by an extraordinarily subtle lead performance from Yukino Kishii, the film captures the precise ache of modern loneliness while offering a warm, luminous ode to the courage it takes to let the world back in.
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Yukino Kishii, Tadanobu Asano
Japan
2026
In Japanese with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Yuji Sadai
Producer
Toshikazu Nishigaya, Kana Matsuda
Screenwriter
Yukiko Sode
Cinematography
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Editor
Azusa Yamazaki
Production Design
Norifumi Ataka
Original Music
Masato Suzuki
Yukiko Sode
Born in 1983 in Nagano, Japan, Yukiko Sode is a filmmaker and screenwriter whose work has established her as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Japanese cinema. Her debut feature Mime-Mime (VIFF 2008) won two awards at the Pia Film Festival, and her second feature, Good Stripes (2015), earned her the Kaneto Shindo Award, one of Japan’s most prominent newcomer prizes. Aristocrats (2021) — a sharply observed portrait of women navigating class and identity in Tokyo — premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2025, Sode wrote and directed the Disney+ series Because We Forget Everything.
Filmography: Mime-mime (2008); Good Stripes (2015); Aristocrats (2020)
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