Wim Wenders’ Tokyo-based Cannes Competition title Perfect Days has been set because the opening movie of this 12 months’s Tokyo Film Festival whereas Godzilla Minus One, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, will shut proceedings.
Starring Koji Yakusho (Babel), who picked up the very best actor gong at Cannes for his efficiency, Perfect Days tells the story of Hirayama, who appears completely content material along with his easy life as a cleaner of bogs in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured on a regular basis routine, he enjoys his ardour for music and books. He loves timber and takes pictures of them. A collection of sudden encounters regularly reveals extra of his previous.
Wenders additionally serves because the President of this 12 months’s competitors jury at Tokyo.
“I’m excited to be back at the Tokyo International Film Festival, happening 60 years after the death and therefore 120 years after Ozu’s birth, my declared master, which makes the occasion very special to me,” Wenders’ stated in an announcement. “I’m more than proud to present Perfect Days as the 36th TIFF’s Opening Film.”
Alongside writing and directing duties on Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki additionally supervised the visible results. The pic is ready for a neighborhood launch on Nov 3 from Toho. Synopsis reads: After the battle, Japan has been lowered to zero. Godzilla seems and plunges the nation right into a detrimental state. Against probably the most determined state of affairs within the historical past of Japan, how — and with whom —will Japan stand as much as it?
“The Tokyo International Film Festival was the place where Godzilla made its debut. The opportunity to have an exclusive screening before its official release at such a prestigious film festival feels like destiny and is truly an honor,” Yamazaki stated.
Ichiyama Shozo, TIFF Programming Director, added: “Godzilla Minus One is a remarkable work that carries forward the spirit instilled by the original creators of the first Godzilla, while also showcasing the many challenges that the director took on. I’m elated that this film, ahead of its worldwide release, can be presented as the Closing Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival.”
This 12 months’s Tokyo Film Festival runs from October 23 — November 1.
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