Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - Actors Tao Okamoto and Virginie Efira pose for a photo following a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, after the two jointly won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden," directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who also attended. (Kyodo)

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Actors Tao Okamoto (C) and Virginie Efira (L) pose for a photo with Japanese film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi following a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, after the two won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden" directed by Hamaguchi.

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Actors Tao Okamoto (R) and Virginie Efira pose for a photo following a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, after the two jointly won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden," directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who also attended.

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Belgian-French performer Virginie Efira attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, with Japanese actor Tao Okamoto after the two jointly won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden," directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who also attended.

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Actors Tao Okamoto (R) and Virginie Efira attend a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, after jointly winning the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden," directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who also attended.

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Japanese actor Tao Okamoto attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, with Belgian-French performer Virginie Efira after the two jointly won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden," directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who also attended.

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Cannes winners at press conference in Tokyo

Actresses Tao Okamoto (C) and Virginie Efira attend a press conference with Japanese film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 26, 2026, after the two won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 for "All of a Sudden" directed by Hamaguchi.

Cannes film festival

Cannes film festival

(From L, facing camera) French actress Virginie Efira, Japanese film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Japanese actress Tao Okamoto react to a standing ovation following the screening of the director's latest film "Soudain" (All of a Sudden) at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 15, 2026.

Cannes film festival

Cannes film festival

Japanese film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (C, facing camera) and actress Tao Okamoto, who starred in the director's latest film "Soudain" (All of a Sudden), embrace amid a standing ovation following the screening of the film at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 15, 2026.