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<p>On October 28, &#8220;Tokyo International Film Festival 2024&#8221; 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.</p>
<p>By November 6, 208 films will be screened at movie theaters mainly in Hibiya and Yurakucho. Among them, &#8220;I Still Can&#8217;t Say I Love Today&#8217;s Sky the Best,&#8221; a live-action adaptation of a romantic novel by Shusuke Fukunori (41) of the comedy duo &#8220;Jaljal,&#8221; has attracted much attention from moviegoers.</p>
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<p>Toshihisa Hagiwara (25), who showed his ability as a child actor in &#8220;Yurezumore loneliness death yo&#8221; (NTV), will play the lead role, and Yumi Kawai (center), the heroine, will play the heroine in &#8220;Inappropriate is not good enough! (TBS), and Aoi Ito (19), who drew attention for her role in &#8220;Shinjuku Field Hospital&#8221; (Fuji TV), will also appear in an important role.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> This is a year of breakthrough for Kawai. This year is a big year for Kawai. and his serial drama &#8220;Kazoku de Dake Dakara Aishitakatta, Kazoku de Dakara Aishitakatta&#8221; (It&#8217;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 &#8220;Today&#8217;s Sky</span><span class="strongInContent"> 〜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&#8221; (a writer for a movie magazine).</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_397716" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 3124px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-397716"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="10b4f25f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/53ead48ddf6c73eebad09fb24f321f75.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-397716" class="wp-caption-text">Aoi Ito attracted attention for his role as a tohyoko kid in &#8220;Shinjuku Field Hospital. He has already starred in two movies so far.</figcaption></figure>
<p>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.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_397711" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 3180px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-397711"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6a5efd18"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/6c4c7bf330c58ece34cc744e1e4aa1d5.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-397711" class="wp-caption-text">Haruka Ayase stars in the film &#8220;Route 29</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_397712" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 3216px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-397712"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="71e0c868"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/13e43b0dae6c2ccb2148c11def88d573.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-397712" class="wp-caption-text">Mao Inoue, who appears in &#8220;Sunset Sunrise. Masaki Suda in the lead role.</figcaption></figure>
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 Kazuhiko Nakamura

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

Yumi Kawai, Haruka Ayase, and Kumi Takiuchi Shine in Stunning Dresses at Tokyo International Film Festival 2024

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