Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Masayoshi Johnai began working in film after serving as a staff member at the Kyoto International Student Film Festival. Following a career as a freelance production manager and line producer, he joined Tokyo-based production company TheFool in 2018. Johnai has worked extensively with director Sho Miyake, beginning with Playback (2012) and continuing through Misshi to Bannin (2017), And Your Bird Can Sing (2018), Small, Slow but Steady (2022), and All the Long Nights (2024). Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025) marks their sixth collaboration.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
