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All Tokyo articles – Page 7
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Reviews‘Hommage’: Tokyo Review
Lee Jung-eun shines as a struggling director tasked with restoring a damaged film from a deceased woman director
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Reviews‘Payback’: Tokyo Review
Brillante Ma Mendoza explores political corruption in this hip-hop-fuelled crime drama
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Reviews‘Veneciafrenia’: Tokyo Review
Venice tourists are being killed by a masked stranger in Alex de la Iglesia’s bloody thriller
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Reviews‘Raging Fire’: Tokyo Review
Benny Chan’s final film is an old-school action showdown between Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse
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FeaturesTIFF Director In Focus Keisuke Yoshida on choosing projects and manga adaptations
Tokyo International Film Festival is screening three of Yoshida’s works, including Blue and Intolerance, which were both released this year.
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FeaturesTokyo’s animation section explores the influence of late master Yasuo Otsuka
This year’s ’Japan Animation’ also looks at the Kamen Rider series and four recent or upcoming Japanese features.
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News‘Crane Lantern’: first trailer for Hilal Baydarov’s Tokyo competition title (exclusive)
Producers are Elşən Abbasov, Carlos Reygadas and Baydarov, with Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes executive producing.
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FeaturesTokyo Film Festival returns with new programming structure and management team
TIFF runs October 30-November 8.
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NewsTIFFCOM, MPA unveil pitch competition projects, Emile Sherman masterclass
Five projects from up-and-coming Japanese filmmakers have been selected for a pitching contest.
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NewsTokyo film festival unveils competition line-up with 10 world premieres
World premieres include debut from Happy Hour co-writer Tadashi Nohara and new works from Brillante Mendoza and Mikhail Red.
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NewsTokyo fest to open with ‘Cry Macho’, honour late animator Yasuo Otsuka
Festival will close with Stephen Chbosky’s Dear Evan Hansen; gala section titles also announced.
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NewsTokyo Gap Financing Market unveils 20 projects selected for second edition
Line-up includes new projects from Elise Girard, Atsushi Funahashi and Ray Yeung.
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NewsTokyo fest to showcase Keisuke Yoshida in new Nippon Cinema Now section
New section replaces Japan Now and will focus on emerging talents who deserve greater international recognition.
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NewsTokyo film festival changes venue, Shozo Ichiyama joins as programming head
TIFF will also become the first Asian film festival to sign Collectif 50/50’s Gender Parity Pledge.
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NewsAlpha Violet unveils Japanese deals on ‘Apples’, ‘Identifying Features’ out of Tokyo (exclusive)
Christos Nikou’s feature is Greece’s Oscar submission.
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News‘Hold Me Back’ wins audience award at Tokyo International Film Festival
The audience award was the only prize given out at this year’s edition of the festival.
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Reviews‘Hokusai’: Tokyo Review
Expansive biopic of Katsushika Hokusai, Japan’s most influential artist
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NewsForced to drop out, Jia Zhang-ke still dominates discussion on Tokyo panel
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and producer Ichiyama Shozo were the other speakers.
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NewsTIFFCOM: Japanese content gets international boost in Covid, streaming era
Anime in particular is starting to go mainstream among Gen Z and Millennials as the number of global streaming buyers grows.