Garin Nugroho, Mishima Yukiko, Qiu Jiongjiong Titles Among 15 in Tokyo Film Festival Competition

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled its complete program, led by a 15-film main competition featuring work by Indonesian director Garin Nugroho, Japanese filmmaker Mishima Yukiko and Hong Kong-based Qiu Jiongjiong.

The competition spans world and Asian premieres. Seven titles receive world premieres: “The Canary’s Lullaby,” a Taiwan-Japan co-production directed by Ikeda Akira; Qiu Jiongjiong’s “Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting,” produced across Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Yamamoto Akira’s Japanese drama “The Intertwining”; Wang Jiangyong’s France-Hong Kong co-production “The Night That Binds Us”; Nugroho’s “Red Before Dawn” from Indonesia; Milcho Manchevski’s North Macedonia-led ensemble “Sister Brother Manhole Cover”; and Mishima Yukiko’s “Two Cigarettes, Three Nights” from Japan.

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