Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga and film director Junji Sakamoto appear on the red carpet during the opening day at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital on Oct. 27, 2025.

Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

Sayuri Yoshinaga (C), the lead actress in the film "Climbing for Life," which was screened at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital, poses after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 27, 2025, alongside her co-star Non (far R), director Junji Sakamoto (far L), festival chairman Hiroyasu Ando (2nd from L), and film critic and jury member Carlo Chatrian.

Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

(From L) film director Junji Sakamoto and actresses Sayuri Yoshinaga and Non appear on the red carpet at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital on Oct. 27, 2025.

Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Junji Sakamoto (C) and his casts and staff pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 8. They will make the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung, now South Korean president, from a Tokyo hotel to Seoul into a movie in Japan for release in both countries in the spring of 2002.

Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

Kim Dae Jung abduction to be made into movie in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Junji Sakamoto (C) and his casts and staff pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 8. They will make the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung, now South Korean president, from a Tokyo hotel to Seoul into a movie in Japan for release in both countries in the spring of 2002.