The Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFF Lounge series of talks and masterclasses featured a conversation between Yamada Yoji, director of the festival Centerpiece “Tokyo Taxi”, and Lee Sang-il, recipient of this year’s Kurosawa Akira Award for his film “Kokuho.” The 94-year-old Yamada, whose, lengthy filmography includes the iconic 48-episode “Tora-san” series that ran from 1969 [.].
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Review: ‘Anniversary’ is a character study of creeping fascism
Polish director Jan Komasa’s latest film imagines a scenario in which fascism doesn’t stomp in jackboots but creeps, pretty and ladylike, on kitten-heeled feet.