Tokyo Film Festival Sets SUKIYAKI and Colony as Opening and Closing Films
The 39th edition bookends its program with a music biopic about the song Sukiyaki and a new zombie film from the Train to Busan director, with a new Godzilla as the centerpiece.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
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.
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival runs October 26 to November 4. Programming director Shozo Ichiyama said the opening film tells of three artists who encouraged postwar Japan, and called Colony the most exciting work at this year's Cannes festival.
- SUKIYAKI: Ue o Muite Arukou: Opening film; stars Junichi Okada, Tori Matsuzaka, Taiga Nakano; nationwide release December 25
- Colony: Closing film; Yeon Sang-ho's new zombie film; stars Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook; 2027 release
- Godzilla -0.0: Centerpiece; Takashi Yamazaki again handles direction, script, and VFX
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