While sifting through the movies submitted for this year¡¯s Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), competition programming director Yoshihiko Yatabe says he noticed a recurring theme.
¡°I was struck by the number of films involving immigrants and refugees,¡± he says. ¡°It¡¯s become such a big issue, especially in Europe, and that was reflected in the movies I was seeing.¡±
It¡¯s also an issue that has had little discernible impact on Japan so far ¡ª which is where the power of cinema comes in handy.
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