{"id":3053,"date":"2016-10-27T18:44:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2016-10-27T18:44:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:44:26","slug":"29th-tokyo-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/27\/29th-tokyo-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"29th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The 29th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) for this year\u2019s Opening Film, <em>Florence Foster Jenkins,<\/em> welcoming Oscar- winning star Meryl Streep <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(Spanish below)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The flm <em>Florence Foster Jenkins<\/em> is based on the true story of an endearing diva who became a legend when she attracted a full house at New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall, despite being a terrible singer. Stephen Frears, director of <em>The Queen and Philomena<\/em>, teams up with Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant for his latest film.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>29<sup>th<\/sup> Tokyo International Film Festival<\/strong> event kicked off with an appearance by <em>Festival Muse<\/em> Haru Kuroki, the popular actress who won the <em>Silver Bear<\/em> at Berlin for <em>Yoji Yamada\u2019s Little House<\/em> in 2014. As the red carpet guests arrived, there was particularly loud applause for Japan Now Director in Focus Shunji Iwai, <em>My Korean Teacher<\/em> star Yesung (Super Junior), Special guest Anne Parillaud, and Francis Ng and Louis Koo from <em>Shed Skin Papa<\/em>. Other major guests from each sections were also making appearances including Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prizewinner Koji Fukada, director of Harmonium; Munetaka Aoki, star of both <em>Snow Woman<\/em>, in the Competition section, and <em>A Woman Wavering in the Rain<\/em>, from the Asian Future Section; popular actresses Yu Aoi and Mitsuki Takahata, of Japanese <em>Girls Never Die<\/em> and director and also actress Kiki Sugino from <em>Snow Woman<\/em> in Competition section; this year\u2019s Animation <em>Focus<\/em>, Mamoru Hosoda; and the casts and the three directors of the first TIFF-Japan Foundation Asian Center Coproduction series, <em>Asian Three-Fold Mirror<\/em> 2016: Reflections, Brilliante Ma Mendoza, Isao Yukisada and Sotho Kulikar.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3055 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TIFF_AA7W0111.JPG_cmyk-493x260.jpg\" alt=\"tiff_aa7w0111-jpg_cmyk\" width=\"493\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Triple Oscar winner Meryl Streep, star of the TIFF Opening Film, <em>Florence Foster Jenkins<\/em>, and director Yoshitaka Mori, with Kenichi Matsuyama and Masahiro Higashide, stars of Closing Film Satoshi: <em>A Move for Tomorrow<\/em>, appeared last, to rousing receptions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greeted the stars and delivered closing remarks to the audience, joking, \u201cThis Red Carpet is so much more exciting than the carpet in the Japanese Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister also appeared at the Opening Ceremony, where he greeted the audience with wishes for the success of the festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3057\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3057 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TIFF_IMG_1931.JPG_cmyk-493x329.jpg\" alt=\"tiff_img_1931-jpg_cmyk\" width=\"493\" height=\"329\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Yoshitaka Mori, Masahiro Higashide, Kenichi Matsuyama, Shinzo Abe, Meryl Streep, Haru Kuroki and Junichi Sakamoto \u00a9 2016 TIFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In remarks from the stage, Competition Jury President Beineix noted, \u201cIt is a great honor and a great privilege to preside over the jury of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Cinema is our common wealth. Movies are our contribution to freedom, cultural diversity and finally, peace. All we need is peace and harmony, and movies contribute to them in troubled times. Together with my fellow jurors, we will be looking for audacious, creative and surprising films. Let\u2019s celebrate the great big screen. Let\u2019s get together for great big dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festival Muse Haru Kuroki introduced the Opening Film, <em>Florence Foster Jenkins<\/em>, describing it as \u201can inspiring true story about the world\u2019s worst singer,\u201d and brought star Meryl Streep to the stage. Following a shrieked from the audience, Streep yelled back, \u201cI love you, too!\u201d She then said, \u201cThank you. Arigato gozaimasu. It\u2019s a great thrill to be back in Tokyo, a city that I love and love to explore. I hope you like the film very much!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 10-day celebration, more than 200 films will be screened and there will be unique film-related events every day at the festival venues, including stage appearances, Q&amp;A sessions and symposia featuring celebrated guests from around the world.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Festival Internacional de Cine de Tokio 29<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>El 29<sup>th<\/sup> Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) en su apertura present\u00f3 la pel\u00edcula <em>Florence Foster Jenkins<\/em>, con la bienvenida a la estrella de la misma, la ganadora de la estatuilla Oscar Meryl Streep. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3056 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TIFF_AA7W0876.JPG_cmyk-493x277.jpg\" alt=\"tiff_aa7w0876-jpg_cmyk\" width=\"493\" height=\"277\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El film se basa en la historia real de una diva entra\u00f1able que se convirti\u00f3 en una leyenda cuando llen\u00f3 el Carnegie Hall de Nueva York, a pesar de ser una cantante terrible. Stephen Frears, director de la <em>Reina y Filomena<\/em>, forma equipo con Meryl Streep y Hugh Grant por su \u00faltima pel\u00edcula. El TIFF se inici\u00f3 con un ganadora de el <em>Festival de Muse<\/em> Haru Kuroki, la popular actriz que gan\u00f3 el <em>Oso de Plata en Berl\u00edn<\/em> por Yoji Yamada <em>Little House<\/em> en 2014. A medida que pasaron los invitados por la alfombra roja, un fuerte y particularmente aplauso se dio para el director japon\u00e9s de Focus Shunji Iwai, <em>Mi estrella coreana<\/em> Maestro Yesung (super junior), invitado especial Anne Parillaud, y Francis Ng y Louis Koo de <em>Papa mudar la piel<\/em>. Otros invitados principales hicieron aparici\u00f3n incluyendo Cannes Un Certain Regard Jurado N\u00f3bel Koji Fukada, director de Armonio; Munetaka Aoki, estrella de ambos <em>La Mujer de Niev<\/em>e, en la secci\u00f3n Competencia, y <em>La vacilante Mujer en el viento<\/em>, de la Secci\u00f3n de Asia futuro; las populares actrices Yu Aoi y Mitsuki Takahata, de <em>Las j\u00f3venes japonesas nunca mueren<\/em> y director, y tambi\u00e9n actriz Kiki Sugino de <em>Mujer de la nieve<\/em> en la secci\u00f3n de competencia; de este a\u00f1o Animaci\u00f3n Focus, Mamoru Hosoda; y los moldes y los tres directores de la primera serie de Coproducci\u00f3n Jap\u00f3n-TIFF Fundaci\u00f3n Centro Asi\u00e1tico, Asia Triple Espejo 2016: Reflexiones, Brilliante Ma Mendoza, Isao Yukisada y sotho Kulikar. triple ganador del Oscar Meryl Streep, estrella de la pel\u00edcula de apertura TIFF, <em>Florence Foster Jenkin<\/em>s, y el director Yoshitaka Mori, con Kenichi Matsuyama y Masahiro Higashide, estrellas de Pel\u00edcula de clausura Satoshi: <em>Una movida para el ma\u00f1ana<\/em>, apareci\u00f3 el pasado, a las recepciones enardecedoras. El primer ministro japon\u00e9s, Shinzo Abe, salud\u00f3 las estrellas y con mucho humor pronunci\u00f3 unas palabras de cierre al p\u00fablico: \u201cEsta alfombra roja es mucho m\u00e1s emocionante que la alfombra en el Parlamento japon\u00e9s\u201d. El primer ministro tambi\u00e9n se present\u00f3 en la ceremonia de apertura, donde salud\u00f3 al p\u00fablico y deseo mucho \u00e9xito al festival. En declaraciones desde el escenario, el Presidente del jurado Beineix se\u00f1al\u00f3: &#8220;Es un gran honor y un gran privilegio presidir el jurado del Festival Internacional de Cine de Tokio. El cine es nuestra riqueza com\u00fan. Las pel\u00edculas son nuestra contribuci\u00f3n a la libertad, la diversidad cultural y, finalmente, la paz. Todo lo que necesitamos es paz y armon\u00eda, y las pel\u00edculas contribuyen a ellos en tiempos dif\u00edciles. Junto con mis compa\u00f1eros del jurado, vamos a estar buscando las pel\u00edculas audaces, creativas y sorprendentes. Vamos a celebrar la gran pantalla grande. Vamos a reunirnos para grandes sue\u00f1os\u201d.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3054 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TIFF_AA7W0008.JPG_cmyk-227x340.jpg\" alt=\"tiff_aa7w0008-jpg_cmyk\" width=\"227\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festival de Muse Haru Kuroki introdujo la pel\u00edcula de apertura, <em>Florence Foster Jenkins<\/em>, y la describi\u00f3 como \u201cuna historia verdadera acerca de la peor cantante del mundo&#8221;, e invit\u00f3 a estrellas como Meryl Streep al escenario. Tras una ovaci\u00f3n de la audiencia, Streep ovacion\u00f3: &#8220;Te amo, tambi\u00e9n!\u201d terminando con un, \u201cGracias, Gozaimasu Arigato. Es un gran placer estar de vuelta en Tokio, una ciudad que quiero y amo explorar. Espero que les guste mucho la pel\u00edcula!\u201d. Durante la celebraci\u00f3n de 10 d\u00edas, m\u00e1s de 200 pel\u00edculas se proyectar\u00e1n y habr\u00e1 eventos \u00fanicos relacionados con el cine todos los d\u00edas a las sedes del festival, incluyendo apariciones en el escenario, sesiones de preguntas y simposios con invitados c\u00e9lebres de todo el mundo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 29th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) for this year\u2019s Opening Film, Florence Foster Jenkins, welcoming Oscar- winning star Meryl Streep (Spanish below) The flm Florence Foster Jenkins is based on the true story of an endearing diva who became a legend when she attracted a full house at New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall, despite being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}