The Tokyo International Film Festival handed out its audience award Monday to Japanese director Akiko Ohku's for her latest featureHold Me Back, a socially astute comedy about the romantic struggles of a Japanese woman entering her early thirties.
The audience award is the only prize the Tokyo festival is presenting this year, after the international jury competition had to be scrapped in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Hold Me Back won out over 31 other films that were screened in the festival's "Tokyo Premiere" section, which replaced the usual competition selection and two other strands.
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