Tokyo Film Festival to Honor Mohammad Rasoulof and Mipo O With Kurosawa Akira Award
Tokyo Film Festival honors Iranian dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof and Korean-Japanese filmmaker Mipo O with the Kurosawa Akira Award.
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Tag: Japanese cinema
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