The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival is screening a variety of cinema from all over the world at various venues in Tokyo. @tokyo_intl_film_festival runs until Nov. 3, when the jury will announce the winning films from the competition. In collaboration with #TIFFJP, The Japan Times presents a series of portraits of filmmakers, actors and jury members. (© TIFF / THE JAPAN TIMES / MARTIN HOLTKAMP PHOTOS)
1. Actor Sota Fukushi (and actor Nana the cat), ‘The Travelling Cat Chronicles,’ Special Screenings
2. Actress Natsuko Yokosawa, ‘My Train Diary,’ Special Screenings
3. Actress Maho Yamada, ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine,’ Japan Now
4. Actor Goro Inagaki, ‘Another World,’ Competition
5. Actress Chloe Maayan, ‘Three Husbands,’ Competition
6. Actor Zhu Yawen, ‘The Poet,’ Competition
7. Director Shinichiro Udea, ‘One Cut of the Dead,’ Japan Now
8. Actress Pina Turco, ‘The Vice of Hope,’ Competition
9. Director/Actor Fiennes Ralph, ‘The White Crow,’ Competition
10. International Competition juror Stanley Kwan
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