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Tokyo International Film Festival 1st - 24th LINE UP

Competition

And Peace on Earth

Director: Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini
Cast: Maurizio Tesei / Ughetta D'Onorascenzo / Michele Botrugno

Beautiful Boy

Director: Shawn Ku
Cast: Michael Sheen / Maria Bello / Moon Bloodgood

Brighton Rock

Director: Rowan Joffe
Cast: Sam Riley / Helen Mirren / Andrea Riseborough / Nonso Anozie

Buddha Mountain

Director: Li Yu
Cast: Sylvia Chang / Fan Bingbing / Chen Po Lin

Best Actress Award (Fan Bingbing) / Best Artistic Contribution Award

Flamingo No.13

Director: Hamid Reza Aligholian
Cast: Baran Zamani / Rasoul Younan / Mohammad Taghi Shams Langroudi

If the Seed Doesn't Die

Director: Sinisa Dragin
Cast: Mustafa Nadarevic / Dan Condurache / Franz Buchrieser

Intimate Grammar

Director: Nir Bergman
Cast: Roee Elsberg / Orly Zilbershatz / Yehuda Almagor

Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix - The Governor of Tokyo Award

The Invisible Eye

Director: Diego Lerman
Cast: Julieta Zylberberg / Osmar Nunez / Marta Lubos

Never Let Me Go

Director: Mark Romanek
Cast: Carey Mulligan / Andrew Garfield / Keira Knightley

The Piano in a Factory

Director: Zhang Meng
Cast: Wang Qian-yuan / Qin Hai-lu / Jang Shin-yeong

Best Actor Award (Wang Qian-yuan)

Post Card

Director: Kaneto Shindo
Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa / Shinobu Otake / Naomasa Musaka

Special Jury Prize

Primary!

Director: Ivan Noel
Cast: Francisco Alfonsin / Jose Joaquin Mena-Bernal Rueda

Sarah's Key

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas / Melucine Mayance / Niels Arestrup

Best Director Award (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) / Audience Award

Sketches of Kaitan City

Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Cast: Mitsuki Tanimura / Ryo Kase / Kaoru Kobayashi

Zephyr

Director: Belma Bas
Cast: Seyma Uzunlar / Vahide Gordum / Sevinc Bas

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Special Screenings

The Social Network

Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg / Andrew Garfield / Justin Timberlake

The Town

Director: Ben Affleck
Cast: Ben Affleck / Jeremy Renner / Blake Lively

TRON: LEGACY 3D Special Presentation

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Jeff Bridges / Garrett Hedlund / Olivia Wilde

The Singing Hitman!

Director: Takashi Takahata
Cast: Masao Kusakari / Yoka Wao / B-saku Satou

SP THE MOTION PICTURE Ⅰ

Director: Takafumi Hatano
Cast: Junichi Okada / Yoko Mak / Teruyuki Kagawa

A Better Tomorrow

Director: Song Hae-sung
Cast: Joo Jin-mo / Song Seung-heon / Kim Gang-woo

Despicable Me

Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Cast: Tsurube Shofukutei / Mana Ashida / Koichi Yamadera

Countdown to Zero

Director: Lucy Walker
Cast: Mikhail Gorbachev / Jimmy Carter / Tony Blair

GARO-RED REQUIEM

Director: Keita Amemiya
Cast: Ryosei Konishi / Mary Matsuyama / Yousuke Saitou

THE CRAZIES

Director: Breck Eisner
Cast: Timothy Olyphant / Radha Mitchell / Joe Anderson

Brooklyn's Finest

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Ethan Hawke / Richard Gere / Don Cheadle

POTICHE

Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Catherine Deneuve / Fabrice Luchini / Gerard Depardieu

Shrek Forever After

Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Masatoshi Hamada / Koichi Yamadera / Norika Fujiwara

STONE

Director: John Curran
Cast: Robert De Niro / Edward Norton / Milla Jovovich

Cheburashka + the bears' school ?Jackie&Keity?

Director: Makoto Nakamura"Cheburashka" Tetsuro Kodama"the bears' school"
Cast: "Cheburashka":Nozomi Ohashi / Kie Kitano "the bears' school -Jackie&Keity-"Ayu Matsuura / Kinuyo Kodama

DAYBREAKERS

Director: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Cast: Ethan Hawke / Willem Dafoe / Sam Neill

Into the White Night

Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Cast: Maki Horikita / Kengo Kora / Eiichiro Funakoshi

Abacus and Sword

Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Cast: Masato Sakai / Yukie Nakama / Keiko Matsuzaka

Swing Me Again

Director: Toshi Shioya
Cast: Ryohei Suzuki / MINJI / Ichiro Zaitsu

STRANGERS IN THE CITY

Director: Junji Sakamoto
Cast: Toru Nakamura / Manami Konishi / Nao Minamisawa

Leonie

Director: Hisako Matsui
Cast: Emily Mortimer / Shidou Nakamura / Mieko Harada

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Winds of Asia-Middle East

MOSS (Original Title)

Director: Kang Woo-suk
Cast: Park Hae-il / Jung Jae-young / Yoo Sun

Magic

Director: Koo Hye-sun
Cast: Seo Hyun-jin / Kim Jung-wook / Yim Ji-kyu

Passerby #3

Director: Shin Su-won
Cast: Park Hyun-young / Beack So-myung / Lee Mee-yoon

Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award

Chongqing Blues

Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Cast: Wang Xueqi / Fan Bingbing / Qin Hao

Hot Summer Days

Director: Wing Shya, Tony Chan
Cast: Jacky Cheung / Nicholas Tse / Rene Liu

All About Love

Director: Ann Hui
Cast: Sandra Ng / Vivian Chow / Eddie Cheung Siu-fai

Love in a Puff

Director: Pang Ho-cheung
Cast: Miriam Yeung / Shawn Yue

Hi-So

Director: Aditya Assarat
Cast: Ananda Everingham / Cerise Leang / Sajee Apiwong

The Tiger Factory + Inhalation

Director: Woo Ming Jin"The Tiger Factory" & Edmund Yeo"Inhalation"
Cast: "The Tiger Factory"Lai Fooi Mun "Inhalation"Susan Lee

Special Mention

Memories of a Burning Tree

Director: Sherman Ong
Cast: Smith K. Kimaro / Link Reuben / Abdul Khalfan Malaika

Red Dragonflies

Director: Liao Jiekai
Cast: Ng Xuan Ming / Thow Xin Wei / Jason Hui

Ways of the Sea

Director: Sheron Dayoc
Cast: Romeo John Arcilla / Maria Isabel Lopez / Arnalyn Ismael

Raavan

Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan / Aishwarya Rai / Vikram

Dog Sweat

Director: Hossein Keshavarz
Cast: Sara Esfahani / Tahereh Azadi / Shahrokh Taslimi

Five Hours from Paris

Director: Leon Prudovsky
Cast: Dror Keren / Elena Yaralova / Vladimir Freedman

P.S

Director: Yalkin Tuychiev
Cast: Nazim Tulyakhodjaev / Mirmaksud Okhunov

Camellia

Director: Wisit Sasanatieng"Iron Pussy" & Isao Yukisada"Kamome" & Jang Jun-hwan"Love for Sale"
Cast: "Iron Pussy"Michael Shaowanasai / Kim Min-jun "Kamome"Sul Kyung-gu / Yuriko Yoshitaka "Love for Sale"Gang Dong-won / Song Hye-kyo

MONGA

Director: Doze, Niu Chen-Zer
Cast: Ching-Tien Juan / Mark Chao / Ju-Lung Ma

Juliets

Director: HouChi-jan"Juliet's Choice" & Shen Ko-shang"Two Juliets" & Chen Yu-hsun"One More Juliet"
Cast: "Juliet's Choice"Vivian Hsu / Wang Po-chieh "Two Juliets"Lee Chien-na / River Huang "One More Juliet"Kang Kang / Liang He-chun

Taipei Exchanges

Director: Hsiao Ya-chuan
Cast: Gwei Lun-mei / Chang Han / Zaizai Lin

The Fourth Portrait

Director: Mong-hong Chung
Cast: Xiao-hai Bi / Lei Hao / Leon Dai

Zoom Hunting

Director: Cho Li
Cast: Ning Chang / Zhu Zhi-ying / Wen Sheng-hao

Let the Wind Carry Me

Director: Kwan Pun-leung & Chiang Hsiu-chiung
Cast: Mark Lee

Oh Moon

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Yesim Tozan / Gulsen Tuncer / Nurinisa Yildirm

Run for Money

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Taner Birsel / Bennu Yildirimlar / Zuhal Gencer

Mommy, I'm Scared

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Ali Dusenkalkar / Isil Yucesoy / Koksal Engur

Times and Winds

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Ozkan Ozen / Ali Bey Kayalı / Elit Iscan

My Only Sunshine

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Elit Iscan / Erdal Besikcioglu / Levend Yilmaz

KOSMOS

Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Sermet Yesil / Turku Turan / Hakan Altuntas

GAME OF DEATH + ENTER THE DRAGON

Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: "ENTER THE DRAGON"Bruce Lee / John Saxon "GAME OF DEATH"Bruce Lee / Gig Young

IP MAN

Director: Yip Wai-shun
Cast: Donnie Yen / Simon Yam / Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

IP MAN 2

Director: Yip Wai-shun
Cast: Donnie Yen / Sammo Hung / Huang Xiao-ming

Gallants

Director: Derek Kwok & Clement Cheng
Cast: Leung Siu Lung / Chan Koon Tai / Teddy Robin

The Legend is Alive

Director: Luu Huynh Luu
Cast: Dustin Tri Nguyen / Tran Thien Tu / Kim Xuan

The Valiant Ones

Director: King Hu
Cast: Roy Chiao / Bai Ying / Hsu Feng

Flames of the Sun

Director: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan / Dharmendra / Sanjeev Kumar

Run Away

Director: Wang Tung
Cast: Ma Yue-fung / Chan Ying-cheng

Haifa

Director: Rashid Masharawi
Cast: Mohammad Bakri / Ahmad Abu Sal'Oum / Hiyam Abbass

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Japanese Eyes

Wandering Home

Director: Yoichi Higashi
Cast: Tadanobu Asano / Hiromi Nagasaku / Yoshiko Kayama

A Liar and a Broken Girl

Director: Natsuki Seta
Cast: Aya Omasa / Shota Sometani / Kyoka Suzuki

hospitalité

Director: Koji Fukada
Cast: Kenji Yamauchi / Kiki Sugino / Kanji Furudachi

Best Picture Award

Birthright

Director: Naoki Hashimoto
Cast: Sayoko Oho / Miyu Yagyu / Ryoko Takizawa

Successional Tradition of Noh

Director: Chiseko Tanaka
Cast: Yoshito Sekine / Shoroku Sekine / Yoshimaru Sekine

FIT

Director: Hiromasa Hirosue
Cast: Hiromasa Hirosue / Akie Namiki / Midori Shine

442 -LIVE WITH HONOR, DIE WITH DIGNITY-

Director: Junichi Suzuki
Cast: Daniel Inoue(U.S. Senator) / George Takei / Steve Shimizu

Your Home

Director: Kohei Yamakawa
Cast: Hiroko Ito / Yoshitsugu Oyazato / Wakaba Takada

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WORLD CINEMA

Essential Killing

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast: Vincent Gallo / Emmanuelle Seigner

The Ghost Writer

Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ewan McGregor / Pierce Brosnan / Kim Cattrall

Guest

Director: Jose Luis Guerin
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

Hands Up

Director: Romain Goupil
Cast: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi / Linda Doudaeva / Jules Ritmanic

Jack Goes Boating

Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman / Amy Ryan / John Ortiz

Of Gods and Men

Director: Xavier Beauvois
Cast: Lambert Wilson / Michael Lonsdale / Olivier Rabourdin

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Director: Saverio Costanzo
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher / Luca Marinelli / Isabella Rossellini

The Temptation of St. Tony

Director: Veiko Ounpuu
Cast: Taavi Eelmaa / Ravshana Kurkova / Tiina Tauraite

Thorn in the Heart

Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Suzette Gondry / Jean-Yves Gondry / Michel Gondry

Winter's Bone

Director: Debra Granik
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence / John Hawkes / Kevin Breznahan

Bellamy

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Gerard Depardieu / Clovis Cornillac / Jacques Gamblin

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natural TIFF supported by TOYOTA

Cane Toads: The Conquest

Director: Mark Lewis
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

The Elephant Simultaneous Screening : Wake up!! TAMALA

Director: Vladimir Karabanov"The Elephant" & t.o.L"Wake up!! TAMALA"
Cast: "The Elephant"Sergei Shnurov / Anastasiya Bagrova "Wake up!! TAMALA"Chiaki Kuriyama / Atsuko Harasima

The Four Times

Director: Michelangelo Frammartino
Cast: Giuseppe Fuda / Bruno Timpano / Nazareno Timpano

The Happy Poet

Director: Paul Gordon
Cast: Paul Gordon / Jonny Mars / Liz Fisher / Chris Doubek

Nanga Parbat

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Florian Stetter / Andreas Tobias / Karl Markovics

TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix Special Jury Prize

Space Tourists

Director: Christian Frei
Cast: Anousheh Ansari / Jonas Bendiksen / Dumitru Popescu

Summer Pasture

Director: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

Two Gates of Sleep

Director: Alistair Banks Griffin
Cast: Brady Corbet / David Call / Karen Young

Waste Land

Director: Lucy Walker
Cast: Vik Muniz

Waterlife

Director: Kevin McMahon
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix

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Special Screening

DAISOUSAMOU

Director: Mitsuo Murayama
Cast: Kojiro Hongo / Jun Fujimaki / Ken Utsui

8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper

Director: Yu Irie
Cast: Ryusuke Komakine / Mihiro / Shingo Mizusawa

Bunraku

Director: Guy Moshe
Cast: Josh Hartnett / GACKT / Woody Harrelson

TADAIMA -I'm home a place for everyone

Director: Koichi Omiya
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

Kotsunagi-Iriai, The Commons in Japan

Director: Kazuo Nakamura
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

Under The Moonlight?memory of a night high school?

Director: Naoko Ota
Cast: 《A Documentary Film》

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Filmmaker's Angle

The World of Kyoko Koizumi

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The World of Yohei Taneda

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The World of Rintaro

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Minato Screening

Program A / LOST AND FOUND, etc

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Program B / Wickie the Mighty Viking, etc

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Program C / Mai Mai Miracle

Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Cast: 《An Animation Film》

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