Chinese director Zhang Yimou on the red carpet, ahead of the opening ceremony of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct 23, 2023. Photo: AP
The 73-year-old recalled in his acceptance speech that his connections to TIFF stretch back three decades. He won Best Actor for the movie at the second TIFF in 1987. It also nabbed the prestigious Tokyo Grand Prix awarded to the best film. “I am back to the place where I first started. This is like a cycle. This cycle is often not the end, but a new beginning,” he said.In addition to movies, he also directed the opening and closing ceremonies of both the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Festival chairman Hiroyasu Ando declared the opening of the festival on Monday, saying: “We would like to make a further leap forward now that the Covid-19 pandemic has settled.”
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