Tokyo Film Festival Sets SUKIYAKI and Colony as Opening and Closing Films
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, running October 26 to November 4, will open with SUKIYAKI: Ue o Muite Arukou, starring Junichi Okada, and close with Colony, a new zombie film from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho. SUKIYAKI dramatizes the birth of the song Sukiyaki, with Okada as Hachidai Nakamura, Tori Matsuzaka as Rokuro Ema, and Taiga Nakano as Kyu Sakamoto. Colony stars Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Ji Chang-wook. Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla -0.0 is the centerpiece.