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Focus on Tokyo International Film Festival - the 30th Edition

The Tokyo International Film Festival held its 30th edition. And on this episode of J-FLICKS, we welcome in our studio Mr. Yoshi Yatabe, the festival's programming director. We follow him backstage for this celebrated 30th installment of Tokyo's grand cinematic event, and take a brief look at some of the features screened at the festival, starting with 2 films presented in competition: Akiko Ooku's Tremble All You Want and The Low Life, directed by Takahisa Zeze. We also check out the winner of Best Asian Future Film Award, director Akio Fujimoto's Passage of Life. Finally, we introduce the documentary Of Love and Law, winner of the award in the Japanese Cinema Splash section focusing on films by up-and-coming Japanese directors.

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  • Originally Aired January 6, 2018
  • Network NHK
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