# Ozu Shapes Mishima Yukiko’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ozu-shapes-mishima-yukikos-tokyo-competition-title-two-cigarettes-three-nights/
- Published: 2026-10-31T06:40:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T07:08:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/ozu-mishima-yukiko-two-cigarettes-three-nights-1236935944/
- Topics: Celebrity, Cricket, Entertainment, Film, Sport

## Key points

- Mishima’s new film is in competition at Tokyo’s 39th film festival.
- The story centres on a woman and a friend reconnecting after seven years.
- Ozu’s approach to everyday scenes influenced Mishima’s visual style.

## Summary

Mishima Yukiko’s “Two Cigarettes, Three Nights” is competing at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, marking a shift towards a more intimate, conversational relationship drama. The film follows a picture book illustrator caught between an unsatisfying live-in boyfriend and a married lover, as a close friend from her past returns and becomes her confidant.

Adapted from Chihaya Akane’s 2014 novel, the film stars Matsuoka Mayu and Narita Ryo. Shot in Kyoto, Hiroshima and Toyama, it uses walks, everyday settings and characters sitting side by side to bring movement to its dialogue-heavy scenes. Mishima cites Ozu Yasujiro’s filming of people within everyday Japanese life as an influence; she says the story grows from personal moments and leaves its ending open to interpretation.

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