Tokyo Opening Night: Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute, Wim Wenders & Zhang Yimou Lifetime Honor
deadline.comTokyo’s International Film Festival returned this evening for its first completely unrestricted, post-COVID-19 edition with a well-attended screening of Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days.
Fresh from an appearance at Thierry Frémaux’s Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, Wenders, who is also the head of the competition jury at Tokyo this year, was in attendance and introduced the pic alongside most of his cast, including leading man Koji Yakusho.
Yakusho won the best actor award at Cannes for his performance in the pic. During a comedic opening speech, Wenders told the audience inside Tokyo’s Takarazuka Theatre that he had long dreamt of completing a feature shot entirely in Japan, with Yakusho as the lead actor, and a premiere screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
However, Wenders said there was one milestone he never thought the film would achieve. “I didn’t dare dream that it was going to be the Japanese entry for the Oscar race,” he said.
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