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Best Tokyo International Film Festival Movies
With the shutters of our favourite places firmly locked over the past few months, we’ve all been passing the time as best we can — searching for ways to capture our imagination and keep us entertained during this difficult time. As far as escapism goes, films are right up there. And when it comes to Japanese films, Tokyo International Film Festival productions stand out as the pinnacle of Japanese cinema. Established in 1985, Toyko’s Film Festival has been entertaining film-fanatics with high-quality dramas, thrillers, comedies, and more for years with films both short and long. Proudly standing as the one and only Japanese festival approved by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations), TIFF continues to churn out top-quality viewing material.
Anyone truly interested in Japanese cinema must look no further our film recommendations below.
Without further ado, here are our best films from Tokyo International Film Festival.
Genius Party Happy Machine:
Masaaki Yuasa’s 16-minute psychedelic puzzle is weird, wacky, and wonderful. Following the progressive journey of a baby through adolescence to maturity, this animated adventure features a sinking nursey, surreal shape-shifting, a plant-eating baby waste (yes: you read that right), a raging fireball…
