The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a gently emotive start Monday night with the local premiere of filmmaker Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing for Life, a crowd-pleasing biographical drama ...

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event. Moving to the Hibiya-Ginza district and ...

With 91 films over 64 years — including the beloved 'Tora-san' series and Oscar-nominated 'The Twilight Samurai' — Yamada will be celebrated for his tireless contributions to Japan's cinematic ...

The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival and its industry market TIFFCOM unfolded under clearer skies than last year’s typhoon-soaked edition, and the mood matched the weather. From Oct. 27 to Nov.

Ando has raised the festival’s profile since taking the job in 2019, but admits there's much work to do with increasing the Japanese public's awareness of the event. By Gavin J Blair In the five years ...

Coming off last year’s inaugural trip to the Tokyo International Film Festival, I noted how their devotion to world premieres and fresh Asian voices will effectively offset the sturm und ...

In a sobering assessment of the current state of independent cinema, Tokyo International Film Festival jury president Carlo Chatrian expressed concern that most of the festival’s competition films ...

The Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled the complete lineup for its sixth annual TIFF Lounge, bringing together some of Asian and international cinema’s most celebrated voices for a series ...

The Tokyo Film Festival will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Yamada’s latest work Tokyo Taxi, based on the 2023 French film Driving Madeleine, has been ...

In the five years since Hiroyasu Ando took sole charge at the top of Tokyo International Film Festival, the progress made under the energetic octogenarian former diplomat is palpable. Despite the ...