James Hadfield Due to ongoing travel restrictions, overseas guests have been in short supply at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival.
Malaysia’s Edmund Yeo is a rare exception.The filmmaker endured two-week quarantine in order to attend the world premiere of his “Malu,” a film which tracks a long-lasting discord between beautiful sisters, and unfolds in Malaysia and Japan.
Yeo also gets to prepare for another upcoming shoot in Japan.Variety: Does it feel surreal or strange to be in Tokyo at the moment? Things are really normal here.
Aside from the fact that everyone’s wearing a mask, it feels the same.“Malu” opens in Japanese cinemas next week. That’s a first for you, isn’t it?
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