Japan Cuts XVII Review: In ALL THE LONG NIGHTS, Sho Miyake Looks To The Stars
3.5 min. read Based on Maiko Seo’s 2020 novel, director Sho Miyake invites moviegoers into an insightful and poignant drama in his latest feature, All The Long Nights. The film features actress Mone Kamishiraishi, best known for voicing the lead role in Makoto Shinkai’s winning 2016 animated hit, Your name, as well as roles in the live-action Chihayafuru trilogy. It also marks her third leading live action role since Masayuki Suo’s Lady Mariko in 2012, and Yasuhiro Kawamura’s 2019 sequel, L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof. The story centers on Kamishiraishi’s character, Misa, a corporate office worker whose symptoms of premenstrual syndrome have begun gravely affecting her work. She gets irritable and tends to lash out over trivial issues, and the side affects of her recent medications have her falling asleep on the job. Point in fact, these and a number of things cause her situation to snowball so much […]