28Th Tokyo International Film Festival to Open This Thursday! Special Guests on the Red Carpet!! (ENG/Television Crew)

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PRESS RELEASE October 19, 2015

28th Tokyo International Film Festival to Open this Thursday!

Special Guests on the Red Carpet!! (ENG/Television crew)

Thank you for your interest in the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). On Thursday October 22, we will celebrate the opening of the 28th TIFF with special guests. TIFF will unroll the Red Carpet and welcome the special guests from around the world. Details of the special guests for the opening events are listed below. *For the details on Opening event coverage, please refer to our October 15 press release.

■October 22 (Thu.), 2015 Options: Please note that you are not be able to cover both events due to the time schedule.

- 3:00 pm Opening Red Carpet @ Roppongi Hills Arena (B2F) Sign in: 1:00 pm @ Tower Hall 49F, Roppongi Hills

*After 3:00 pm, please come to sign-in at Arena (B2F) sign-in tent.

- 6:00 pm Opening Ceremony @ Screen 7, TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills Sign in: 4:30 pm @ In front of the Screen 7, TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills

The 28th International Tokyo Film Festival Red Carpet Guests *Please be aware that the below information is subject to change.

◆Members of the International Competition Jury: Bryan Singer [Dir./Writer/Producer], Tran Anh Hung [Dir.], Bent Hamer [Dir./Writer/Producer], Nansun Shi [Producer], Susanne Bier [Writer/Dir.], Tatsushi Omori [Dir./Writer] ◆Japanese Cinema Splash Jury: Mark Peranson [Festival del film Locarno, Head of Programming], Jeane Huang [President, Core Cultural Management], Makiko Watanabe [Actress] ◆Asian Future Jury: Jacob Wong [Curator, Hong Kong International Film Festival], Olivier Père [Arte France Cinema, Executive Director], Tatsushi Omori [Dir.] ◆Festival Navigator: KIWA, Masao Nomura ◆28th TIFF Main MC: Shinichi Hatori, Yukari Nishio

《Special Screenings》 ◆“The Walk”: Robert Zemeckis [Dir.] ◆“TERMINAL”: Koichi Sato, Tsubasa Honda, Tetsuo Shinohara [Dir.] ◆“EVEREST”: Baltasar Kormákur [Dir.] ◆“SEASONS”: Jacques Cluzaud [Dir.], Tsurube Shofukutei ◆“You're Not You”: Hilary Swank ◆“WOMAN IN GOLD”: Helen Mirren, Simon Curtis [Dir.]

《Competition section》 ◆“My Original Dream”: Hao Jie [Dir.], Bao Beier, Sun Yi ◆ “Snap”: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee [Dir.], Toni Rakkaen, Waruntorn Paonil, Ticha Wongtipkanon ◆“Roukli”: Veiko Õunpuu [Dir.]

For further information or inquiries, please contact: TIFF Public Relations Division Tel: +81-3-3553-4793; Fax: +81-3-3553-4788; email: [email protected] Publicity materials are available at www.image.net/ Official Website: www.tiff-jp.net/en/

PRESS RELEASE October 19, 2015 ◆“Full Contact”: David Verbeek [Dir.], Grégoire Colin ◆“Born to be Blue”: Robert Budreau [Dir.] ◆“Sayonara”: Koji Fukada [Dir.], Bryerly Long, Hirofumi Arai, Nijiro Murakami ◆“The Inerasable”: Yoshihiro Nakamura [Dir.], Yuko Takeuchi, Ai Hashimoto ◆“FOUJITA”: Kohei Oguri [Dir.], Jo Odagiri, Miki Nakatani, Claudie Ossard [Producer], Kazuko Inoue [Producer]

《CROSSCUT ASIA #2 The Heart of Philippine Cinema》 ◆“Trap”: Brillante Ma Mendoza [Dir.], Aaron Rivera [Actor] ◆“Service”: Jesthela Lizardo [Co-Producer] ◆“Grandmother”: Wilson Tieng [Distributor/Producer] ◆“Thy Womb”: Ruby Ruiz [Actress], Henry Burgos [Screenplay] ◆“Invisible”: Lawrence Fajardo [Dir.] ◆“Kid Kulafu”: Paul Soriano [Dir.] ◆“Balut Country”: Paul Sta. Ana [Dir./Screenplay] ◆“BalikBayan#1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III.5”: Kidlat Tahimik [Dir.]

《Japanese Cinema Splash section》 ◆“areno - the wilderness”: Michio Koshikawa [Dir.], Maho Yamada, Satoru Kawaguchi ◆“Lowlife Love”: Eiji Uchida [Dir.], Denden, Shugo Oshinari, Maya Okano, Chika Uchida, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Kanji Furutachi, Sachie Yamasaki, Nanami Kawakami, Adam Torel, Koji Fujii [Associate Producer], Kenji Noguchi [Cinematographer] ◆“Ken and Kazu”: Hiroshi Shoji [Dir.], Shinsuke Kato, Katsuya Maiguma, Shuna Iijima, Takuya Sugiyama, Junji Mizuno ◆“Their Distance”: Rikiya Imaizumi [Dir.], Ren, Fumiko Aoyagi, Hanae Kan, Tateto Serizawa ◆“Spring Has Come”: Ryohei Yoshino [Dir.], Makoto Honda [Screenplay], Kyotaro Yanagiya, Akihiro Kakuta, Momiji Yamamura, Kenta Niikura, Burney, Keiko Yanagawa, Ariei Umefune, Haruka Uchimura, Teruhiko Nobukuni ◆“Her Father, My Lover”: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Yukino Kishii, Wako Ando ◆“7Days”: Hirobumi Watanabe [Dir.], Yuji Watanabe [Music Supervisor], Woo-hyun Bang [Cinematographer], Hideki Watanabe [Production manager], Akemi Watanabe [Production manager] ◆“Tokyo Sunrise”: Ryutaro Nakagawa [Dir.], Taiga, Mei Kurokawa, Ryuju Kobayashi, Hikaru Kinouchi [Executive Producer], Takashi Fujimura [Producer], Hiroshi Sato [Line Producer]

《World Focus》 ◆“Old Well”: Wu Yanyan [Producer/Wu Tianming's Daughter], Lv Liping [Actress] ◆“Zinnia Flower”: Tom Shu-yu Lin [Dir.], Shih Chin-hang [Actor] ◆“The Ark of Mr. Chow”: Xiao Yang [Dir.], Xiatian [Actress] ◆“River”: Alexandra Sun [Producer] ◆“The Hijra”: Christine Hakim [Producer/Actress] ◆“Where the Wind Settles”: Wang Tung [Dir.] ◆“To the Fore”: Dante Lam [Dir.]

《Panorama》 ◆“LAST KNIGHTS”: Kazuaki Kiriya [Dir.], Tsuyoshi Ihara ◆“PADDINGTON”: Paddington (Character costume) ◆“Cherry Blossom Memories”: Atsushi Ueda [Dir.], Maika Yamamoto, Kodai Asaka ,

PRESS RELEASE October 19, 2015 ◆“BIKUU THE MOVIE”: Keita Amemiya [Original Story/General Dir.], Akira Ohashi [Dir./Action Dir.], Sayaka Akimoto, Kenta Suga, Erika Asakura, Shiro Sano ◆“Joe,Tomorrow–20 years with JoichiroTatsuyoshi, a Legendary Boxing Champ”: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Junji Sakamoto [Dir.] ◆“WE ARE Perfume -WORLD TOUR 3rd DOCUMENT”: Perfume (a-chan, KASHIYUKA, NOCCHi), Taketoshi Sado [Dir.] ◆“AJIN: DEMI‐HUMAN－Compel”: Mamoru Miyano, Hiroyuki Seshita [Supervising Dir.], Hiroaki Ando [Dir.] ◆“Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!”: Akifumi Zako [Dir.], Hiroshi Miyamoto [Dir.], Yukio Kaizawa [Dir.], Yu Shimamura, Masumi Asano, Hibiku Yamamura, Miyuki Sawashiro, Every Little Thing [Theme Song], ◆“Something Like Something Like It”: Kenichi Matsuyama, Keiko Kitagawa, Isao Bito, Denden, Taiichi Sugiyama [Dir] ◆“Garakowa -Restore The World-”: Masashi Ishihama [Dir], Yumiri Hanamori, Ryoichi Ishihara [Producer]

《Asian Future》 ◆“Young Love Lost”: Xiang Guoqiang [Dir.], Dong Zijian [Actor], Li Meng [Actress] ◆“Lazy Hazy Crazy”: Luk Yee-sum [Dir.], Pang Ho-cheung [Producer], Kwok Yik Sum [Actress], Fish Liew [Actress], Mak Tsz Yi [Actress], Sola Aoi [Actress] ◆“If Only”: Ishaan Nair [Dir.], Tanay Satam [Cinematographer], Nidhi Sunil [Actress], Kavya Trehan [Actress], Varun Mitra [Actor]

《Japan Now》 ◆“PIETA IN THE TOILET”: Daishi Matsunaga [Dir.] ◆“0.5mm”: Momoko Ando [Dir.], Sakura Ando ◆“Pink and Gray”: Isao Yukisada [Dir.] ◆“LOVE & PEACE”: Sion Sono [Dir.] ◆“FIRES ON THE PLAIN”: Shinya Tsukamoto [Dir.] ◆“Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai”: Keiichi Hara [Dir.] ◆Director in Focus: Masato Harada: Masato Harada [Dir.], Koji Yakusho

《Special Programs》 ◆“THE WORLD OF GUNDAM”： Yoshiyuki Tomino [General Dir.], Yoshikzu Yasuhiko, Kunio Okawara, Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, Megumi Han, GACKT ◆“Masters of J-Horror”： Hideo Tanaka [Dir. ], Haruka Shimazaki (“Ghost Theater”) ◆Tokyo Cinema Cuisine’s chefs: Chefs : Hikoaki Tan (Akasaka Rikyu), Masahiro Yoshitake (Sushi Yoshitake), Tateru Yoshino (Restaurant Tateru Yoshino), Mikizo Hashimoto (Japanese Cuisine Ichirin), Yasuhiro Sasajima (IL GHIOTTONE) (*In random order)

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