Yakusho Koji is a civil servant who first ventured into Taiga drama (a long-running TV series broadcast by NHK) and then played in several films by Kurosawa Akira. The honor recognizes Yakusho's ...

The event’s opener is “Perfect Days,” directed by Wim Wenders and starring Koji Yakusho. The German director is known to be a fan of Yasujiro Ozu, whose “Tokyo Story” was shot in Onomichi.