Trailer: ‘I Don't Know You’

‘I Don’t Know You’ (私はあなたを知らない、) is a 2026 Japanese-French suspense drama written and directed by Ryota Nakano.

The film revolves around a lonely young man whose life changes when he meets a single mother and her five-year-old daughter, giving him his first experience of the happiness of having a family. The cast includes Kentaro Sakaguchi, Konomi Hayase, Mayu Hotta, Kenichi Takito, and Mieko Harada.

Synopsis: Twenty-eight-year-old Yuhei Nishiyama has no family and lives a solitary life governed by a strict daily routine, never considering himself lonely. Everything changes when Satsuki Higashihama begins working at his workplace and brings a newfound sense of happiness into his life. When she introduces him to her five-year-old daughter Asako, Yuhei discovers that Satsuki is a single mother and gradually opens himself to the sense of family he has never known. [© Far East Films]

‘I Don’t Know You’ is scheduled for release in cinemas across Japan on August 28, 2026.