By MIYUKI KANNO/ Staff Writer
January 14, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Osamu Otani, right, deputy chief of the executive committee for the Onomichi Film Festival, and committee member Toshiyasu Kameda promote the film event at the city hall in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 4. (Miyuki Kanno)
ONOMICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The 8th Onomichi Film Festival will kick off here on Jan. 24 with movies associated with the city renowned as a cinema town.
The event’s opener is “Perfect Days,” directed by Wim Wenders and starring Koji Yakusho.
The German director is known to be a fan of Yasujiro Ozu, whose “Tokyo Story” was shot in Onomichi.
Yakusho will attend a talk about the film when it is screened on Jan. 25.
“September 1923” and other films will be showcased the following day.
Actors Rena Tanaka, Mirai Moriyama and Arata Iura will join the event.
The festival will close on Jan. 26 with Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Nihon Junjo-den: Okashina Futari Monokuruhoshiki Hitobito no Mure,” which is set in Onomichi.
Tomokazu Miura, who starred in the film, will appear on stage to conclude the festival.
Advance tickets for each film cost 1,500 yen ($9.50) for adults and 1,000 yen for senior high school students and younger children.
Visit the official website at (https://o-ff.org/2025/).
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