Yumi Kawai, Haruka Ayase, Kimi Takiuchi, and Others Attracted by “Gorgeous Dresses” at “Tokyo International Film Festival 2024

On October 28, “Tokyo International Film Festival 2024” opened in Hibiya (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) with an opening event. A total of 211 actors and directors from Japan and abroad walked the 162-meter-long red carpet amidst cheers and applause.

By November 6, 208 films will be screened at movie theaters mainly in Hibiya and Yurakucho. Among them, “I Still Can’t Say I Love Today’s Sky the Best,” a live-action adaptation of a romantic novel by Shusuke Fukunori (41) of the comedy duo “Jaljal,” has attracted much attention from moviegoers.

Toshihisa Hagiwara (25), who showed his ability as a child actor in “Yurezumore loneliness death yo” (NTV), will play the lead role, and Yumi Kawai (center), the heroine, will play the heroine in “Inappropriate is not good enough! (TBS), and Aoi Ito (19), who drew attention for her role in “Shinjuku Field Hospital” (Fuji TV), will also appear in an important role.

This is a year of breakthrough for Kawai. This year is a big year for Kawai. and his serial drama “Kazoku de Dake Dakara Aishitakatta, Kazoku de Dakara Aishitakatta” (It’s Not That I Loved You Because We Are Family, It Was My Family That I Loved), which was broadcast on NHK BS in May 2011, will be rebroadcast on terrestrial wave. Akiko Ookyu, the director of the same film, will direct “Today’s Sky 〜The main cast will be made up of talented young actors. The main cast features talented young actors. They are exploding with emotion in the film” (a writer for a movie magazine).

On the red carpet, big-name actresses wowed the audience. Haruka Ayase (39) showed off her beautiful décolleté in a black dress, while Kyoko Yoshine (27) appeared in a gorgeous kimono and flashed a cute smile. Kimi Takiuchi (35) and Ryoko Yonekura (49) also graced the event.