Japanese Film Festival Opens Amid Government Support

It was pouring with rain at the opening of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, but as Japanese actor and festival navigator Kento Nakajima pointed out, rain symbolizes prosperity, and the local film industry can certainly expect plenty of that in the coming year. Addressing the opening ce

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday with a rain-soaked red carpet and a ceremony at Hulic Hall, where Japan’s government used the occasion to restate its goal of selling JPY20 trillion ($133 billion) worth of Japanese content overseas by 2033. The festival received 1,892 film su