25 years ago, the embryos of two couples were accidentally switched. Unaware of the truth, Nanako, raised as Japanese, and Ji-hyun, raised as Korean, meet by chance as university students. When Nanako learns of the mix-up, she tells Ji-hyun. Torn between their love for the parents who raised them and their confusion over their biological ties, they begin to question who they are. They travel to Ji-hyun's hometown in Korea and confront their pasts. Struggling with their shocking fate, they come to accept each other and search for their own future.
Born in Hiroshima in 1991, Yamamoto studied film at Tokyo Zokei University and Tokyo University of the Arts, under Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Suwa Nobuhiro. His graduation film, Whispering in a Small Voice (2018), was selected for the Marseille International Film Festival. His second feature, After the Fever(2023), starring Hashimoto Ai and Nakano Taiga, screened at the Busan International Film Festival.
From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39
