On the final day of the Tokyo International Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals in Asia, the awards for each category were announced, and Yoshiyuki Kishi's "Seigrei" was selected for the Audience Award and the Best Director Award in the Competition Section.
The Tokyo International Film Festival, which opened on the 23rd of last month, screened 219 films from Japan and abroad during the festival, and on the final day of the festival, the awards for each category were announced at the venue in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
In the competition section, where 1 films were nominated, Yoshiyuki Kishi's "Seigrei" was selected for the Audience Award and the Best Director Award.
Based on the best-selling novel by Ryo Asai, the film tells the story of a group of people who have difficulty living for various reasons, such as their family environment, sexual preferences, and appearance, and explore their own way of life while being confused by the difference in values.
At the award ceremony, Kishi expressed his delight, saying, "I am happy to receive this award, and I hope that people will feel the true meaning of diversity through this film, because it depicts a minority within a minority that is repelled by the word diversity."
The Tokyo Grand Prix, the highest award, went to Tibetan director Pema Tseteng's Snow Leopard, which depicts the symbiosis between humans and nature through the interaction between a young monk and a leopard, set in a Tibetan mountain village.