Far East Film Festival: Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Family Drama ‘Takano Tofu’ Wins Top Prize

On a major evening for Asia, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu take away the top prize at the 26th Far East Film Celebration (FEFF), which wrapped up on Thursday evening in the north Italian metropolitan area of Udine. The family drama, which stars Tatsuya Fuji as well as Kumiko Aso as a father brown as well as little girl that manage a tofu outlet in a town, succeeded FEFF’s desirable Golden Mulberry Reader Honor. Takano Tofu likewise succeeded the Violet Mulberry Honor, which is actually picked through individuals of MYmovies, Italy’s leading film enthusiast system.

It was actually a one-two for Asia generally target market honors, as Naoya Fujita’s younger drama Confetti arrived 2nd location. In 3rd was actually the Hong Kong film Opportunity Still Transforms the Pages, a damaging drama coming from Chip Cheuk that racked up ideal supervisor wins at the Eastern Film Honors as well as Hong Kong Film Honors for the exact same film.

FEFF’s Dark Monster doubters prize classification found an additional succeed for Asia along with Kazuya Shiraishi’s time frame samurai component Bushido taking the honor. The White Mulberry Honor for very first time supervisor visited Korea’s Kim Tae-yang for his film Mimang that has actually located support at many events around the globe. Go over 4 years, Mimang is actually a daring component regarding a males and female that satisfy by coincidence as well as perambulate a modifying Seoul.

Completing FEFF’s 2024 awards, the Mulberry Honor for ideal movie script visited Korea’s Resident equivalent, an activity humor routed through Playground Yong-ju regarding a mama that seeks retribution after succumbing to a rip-off.

“For 26 editions now we’re proud to have helped introduce commercial Asian cinema to the world, and if you look at these winners here tonight you can see why we continue to be excited by what’s happening all over Asia,” pointed out FEFF head of state Sabrina Baracetti in statements at the honors service. “The audience here in Udine shares our passion and we will continue to explore new horizons with them — and with Asian cinema.”