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THE 28TH TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD FOR 10 DAYS
FROM OCTOBER 22 TO OCTOBER 31, 2015
(Source: TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
The Walk By Robert Zemeckis OPENING FILM
(Source: ©2015 TriStar Pictures / TIFF)
(Source: ©2015 TriStar Pictures / TIFF)
This year marks the 25th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). As the only Japanese Film Festival accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). This is the Largest Film Festival in Asia.
Over the nine days of the Festival, films from a variety of genres will be shown in several intriguing sections:
- Competition, which selects the "Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix" from a carefully chosen ensemble of premiere films presented by both talented first-timers and recognized directors
- Special Screenings, which premieres highly entertaining films prior to their public release in Japan
- Winds of Asia-Middle East, which boasts the largest number of films and audiences in all the TIFF screenings
Over the nine days of the Festival, films from a variety of genres will be shown in several intriguing sections:
- Competition, which selects the "Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix" from a carefully chosen ensemble of premiere films presented by both talented first-timers and recognized directors
- Special Screenings, which premieres highly entertaining films prior to their public release in Japan
- Winds of Asia-Middle East, which boasts the largest number of films and audiences in all the TIFF screenings
- Japanese Eyes, which showcases a broad range of Japanese films for worldwide audiences
- Natural TIFF highlighting films that explore the coexistence of making and nature.
28th Tokyo International Film Festival OPENING FILM : “The Walk“
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon
Synopsis : Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk where Philippe Petit did in 1974. Overcoming odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls, he executes a seemingly impossible plan. An emotional, character-driven story.
Distributor in Japan: Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan lnc
- Natural TIFF highlighting films that explore the coexistence of making and nature.
28th Tokyo International Film Festival OPENING FILM : “The Walk“
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon
Synopsis : Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk where Philippe Petit did in 1974. Overcoming odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls, he executes a seemingly impossible plan. An emotional, character-driven story.
Distributor in Japan: Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan lnc
28th Tokyo International Film Festival CLOSING FILM : “TERMINAL“
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Cast: Koichi Sato, Tsubasa Honda, Machiko Ono
Synopsis : A final stop becomes a starting station.
The masterpiece of Shino Sakuragi, who won the 149th Naoki Prize at HOTEL ROYAL in 2013, is in motion picture. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, a pair who abandoned their own lives encounters and develops a moving drama by restarting new lives.
Distributor in Japan: TOEI COMPANY, LTD.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Cast: Koichi Sato, Tsubasa Honda, Machiko Ono
Synopsis : A final stop becomes a starting station.
The masterpiece of Shino Sakuragi, who won the 149th Naoki Prize at HOTEL ROYAL in 2013, is in motion picture. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, a pair who abandoned their own lives encounters and develops a moving drama by restarting new lives.
Distributor in Japan: TOEI COMPANY, LTD.
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