Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou Make Star Turns as Tokyo Film Festival Celebrates Reboot of International Relations
variety.comWim Wenders introduced the cast and crew of “Perfect Days” at an outdoor stage, giving the opening ceremony of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival a moment of European cool.
Inside the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, Wenders was brought on stage twice more. “I had a dream that with ‘Perfect Days,’ I’d make a film that would play at the Cannes Film Festival.
I dreamed that it would win the best acting prize. I didn’t dare to dream that it would be Japan’s Oscar entry. But I did dream that it would be the opening film at the Tokyo festival and play in front of Japanese audiences,” said Wenders, getting into his stride. “And then I woke up.
And yet here you are.” Wenders, who must be nursing a bad case of jetlag, having only recently been honored at the Lumiere festival in France, is likely to be kept busy in the Japanese capital over the next days.
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