The Okinawa International Movie Festival ends after bringing in a diverse crowd of 18,000 in first red carpet event in three years

The Okinawa International Movie Festival ends after bringing in a diverse crowd of 18,000 in first red carpet event in three years

Actors walking the red carpet at the 14th Okinawa International Movie Festival – April 17, Kokusai Dori in Naha (Photograph taken by Yasuhide Matayoshi)


April 18, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Kengo Fujimura

 

The 14th Okinawa International Movie Festival (hosted by the Okinawa International Movie Festival Executive Committee) wrapped up on April 17. Starting with the Sakurazaka Theater in Naha and the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall, the event took place at locations all over Okinawa such as the Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom in Kitanakagusuku, and Theater Donut in Okinawa City. The festival featured a variety of film screenings and live events. The two-day event, which started April 16, drew a total audience of 18,000 (as reported by the event organizers).

At noon on April 17, the festival had its first red carpet event on Kokusai Dori in Naha, which was walked by around 130 of the actors and entertainers that appeared in the festival’s movies. Takako Miyahara, director of the movie “Cinema Kumiodori Kokonomaki” said smiling, “When shooting the film, we were taking special measures such as zoning, so I never got to get close to the performers, so I was very happy to get to do so out here on the sunny stage.”

Kiyoshi Nishikawa, one of the performers who walked the red carpet, said, “Now, the world, and of course Japan is clouded with uneasiness, but I think a movie festival can help to dispel some of that feeling.”

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

 

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