TIFF HISTORY | Tracing back the glorious history of TIFF since 1985

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Looking Back at the History of the Tokyo International Film Festival with Photographs

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After the memorable 1st edition in 1985, Tokyo International Film Festivals were held every other year up to the 4th edition, and every year after that. From the 1980s to the turbulent 90s, the noughties and on to the present, the many photos taken at TIFF show the myriad aspects of the festival, which will continue to grow as TIFF builds on its history and moves into the future.

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1985 1st

Young Cinema Competition (International Competition)

1984

Director:	Michael Radford
Cast:	John Hurt / Richard Burton

Blood Simple

Director:	Joel Coen
Cast:	John Getz / Frances McDormand

Beyond the Walls

Director:	Uri Barbash
Cast:	Arnon Zadok / Muhamad Bakri

Jacques and November

Director:	Francois Bouvier & Jean Beaudry
Cast:	Jean Beaudry / Carole Fréchetter

Special Jury Distinguished Award

The Company of Wolves

Director:	Neil Jordan
Cast:	Sarha Patterson / Angela Lansbury

Hit and Run

Director:	Jean-Pierre Limosin
Cast:	Olivier Perrier / Rachel Rachel

Homecoming

Director:	Yim Ho
Cast:	Josephine Koo / Siqin Gaowa

The Horse

Director:	Ali Ozgenturk
Cast:	Genco Erkal / Harun Yesllyurt

Special Award in Memory of Yasujiro Ozu (Ali Ozgenturk)

Old Enough

Director:	Marisa Silver
Cast:	Sarah Boyd / Rainbow Harvest

Kiss of The Spider Woman

Director:	Hector Babenco
Cast:	William Hurt / Paul Julia / Sonia Braga

Special Jury Distinguished Award

Seraphim Polubes and Other Inhabitants of Earth

Director:	Victor Prohorov
Cast:	Rodiov Nakhapetov / Eduard Bocharov

Typhoon Club

Director:	Shinji Somai
Cast:	Yuichi Mikami / Youki Kudoh / Tomokazu Miura

Grand Prix - The Governor of Tokyo Award

Straight through the Heart

Director:	Doris Dorrie
Cast:	Beate Jensen / Sepp Bierbichier

Time Stands Still

Director:	Peter Gothar
Cast:	Istvan Zamenàk / Henrik Pauer

Best Director Award (Peter Gothar)

Bianca

Director:	Nanni Moretti
Cast:	Nanni Moretti / Laura Morante

Rastless Natives

Director:	Michael Hoffman
Cast:	Vincent Friell / Joe Mullaney / Teri Lally

Festival of Festivals (Award Winning Films)

Atlantic City

Director:	Louis Malle
Cast:	Burt Lancaster / Susan Sarandon

Love Streams

Director:	John Cassavetes
Cast:	Gena Rowlands / John Cassavetes

Pixote

Director:	Hector Babenco
Cast:	Marilla Pera / Fernando Silva

Vassa

Director:	Gleb Panfilov
Cast:	Inna Tchourikova / Nikolai Skorobogatov

Diary for My Children

Director:	Marta Meszaros
Cast:	Zsuzsa Czinkoczi / Anna Palzoinay / Jan Nowicki

The Case is Closed

Director:	Mrinal Sen
Cast:	Anjan Dutt / Mamata Shankar / Indranil Moitra

Year of the Quiet Sun

Director:	Krzystof Zannssi
Cast:	Maja Komorowska / Scott Wilson

Festival of Festivals (World's Latest Much-Talked-About Films)

Ran

Director:	Akira Kurosawa
Cast:	Tatsuya Nakadai / Akira Terao / Jinpachi Nezu

A Passage to India

Director:	David Lean
Cast:	Judy Davis / Peggy Ashcroft / James Fox

Carmen

Director:	Francesco Rosi
Cast:	Julia Migenes Johnson / Placido Domingo / Ruggero Raimondi

Farewell Bonaparte

Director:	Youssef Chahine
Cast:	Michel Piccoli / Patrice Chereau

That's Dancing

Director:	Jack Haley Jr.
Cast:	Gene Kelly / Mikhail Baryshnikov / Liza Minnelli

Witness

Director:	Peter Weir
Cast:	Harrison Ford / Kelly Ncgillis

A Soldier's Story

Director:	Norman Jewison
Cast:	Howard E. Rollins, Jr. / Adolph Caesar

Mask

Director:	Peter Bogdanovich
Cast:	Cher / Eric Stoltz

Paris, Texas

Director:	Wim Wenders
Cast:	Harry Dean Stanton / Nastassja Kinski / Dean Stockwell

The Killing Fields

Director:	Roland Joffe
Cast:	Sam Waterston / Haing S. Ngor

Caravan of Courrage

Director:	John Korty
Cast:	Eric Walker / Aubree Miller

The Burmese Harp

Director:	Kon Ichikawa
Cast:	Kiichi Nakai / Kohji Ishizaka

Japanese Films of Today

Yumechiyo Diary

Director:	Kirio Urayama
Cast:	Sayuri Yoshinaga / Kirin Kiki / Yuko Natori

MacArthur's Children

Director:	Masahiro Shinoda
Cast:	Hiromi Go / Shiori Sakura / Masako Natsume

I am You, You are Me

Director:	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Cast:	Toshinori Omi / Satomi Kobayashi / Makoto Sato

Bitter Sweet

Director:	Toshiya Fujita
Cast:	Toshiyuki Nagashima / Jun Eto

Sandakan No.8

Director:	Kei Kumai
Cast:	Komaki Kurihara / Yoko Takahashi / Kinuyo Tanaka

Onimasa

Director:	Hideo Gosha
Cast:	Tatsuya Nakadai / Shima Iwashita / Masako Natsume

Jongara

Director:	Koichi Saito
Cast:	Kyoko Enami / Akira Oda / Minoru Terada

Dynamaite Don Don

Director:	Kihachi Okamoto
Cast:	Bunta Sugawara / Junko Miyashita / Kinya Kitaoji

The Miracle of Joe Petrel

Director:	Toshiya Fujita
Cast:	Saburo Tokito / Miwako Fujitani / Kentaro Shimizu

The Yakuza Papers

Director:	Kinji Fukasaku
Cast:	Bunta Sugawara / Hiroki Matsukata / Nobuo Kaneko

Family Game

Director:	Yoshimitsu Morita
Cast:	Yusaku Matsuda / Ichirota Miyagawa / Juzo Itami

A Farewell to the Land

Director:	Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Cast:	Jinpachi Nezu / Kumiko Akiyoshi / Miyako Yamaguchi

Muddy River

Director:	Kohei Oguri
Cast:	Takahiro Tamura / Yumiko Fujita / Mariko Kaga

Fire Ball on Highway

Director:	Norifumi Suzuki
Cast:	Bunta Sugawara / Kinya Aikawa / Yutaka Nakajima

Fall Guy

Director:	Kinji Fukasaku
Cast:	Keiko Matsuzaka / Morio Kazama / Mitsuru Hirata

Tora's Sunrise and Sunset

Director:	Yoji Yamada
Cast:	Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho / Jukichi Uno

Happiness

Director:	Kon Ichikawa
Cast:	Yutaka Mizutani / Toshiyuki Nagashima / Kei Tani

Station

Director:	Yasuo Kohata
Cast:	Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho / Ayumi Ishida

The Yellow Handkerchief

Director:	Yoji Yamada
Cast:	Ken Takakura / Tetsuya Takeda

Make - up

Director:	Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast:	Keiko Matsuzaka / Kimiko Ikegami / Machiko Kyo

The Makioka Sisters

Director:	Kon Ichikawa
Cast:	Keiko Kishi / Yoshiko Sakuma / Sayuri Yoshinaga

Natsuko

Director:	Yoichi Higashi
Cast:	Setsuko Karasuma / Akiko Kana / Yoko Agi