May 16, 2024
Nakao Akira [Age: 81]

 
Actor.
Born in Chiba prefecture in 1942.
Nakao was discovered in the 5th Nikkatsu New Face talent competition in 1962. He was starred in a number of films such as Only on Mondays (1964), Death at an Old Mansion (1975), Ninja Wars (1982), Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1991), Outrage Beyond (2012) and Fly me to the Saitama (2018). He has also appeared in numerous TV series and entertainment shows.
Other film appearances include six Godzilla movies starting with Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II in 1993. He was on stage for two special screenings, Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla at the 15th TIFF in 2002, and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. at the 16th TIFF in 2003.
 

 
Film producer and director.
Born in Detroit in 1926. Corman made a number of low-budget films and was known as the ‘King of B-movies.’
He was President of the Young Cinema Competition Jury at the 7th TIFF in 1994 and President of the Competition Jury at the 25th TIFF in 2012.
In 2012, TIFF held a special midnight event, Corman’s Way, to celebrate his remarkable achievements, including screenings of his film The Red Baron, and Corman took the stage after completing his duties as jury president.
 

 
The author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy.
At the 6th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993, he served as a member of the jury for the Young Cinema Competition with jury president Wim Wenders and his fellow jurors Claudie Ossard, Suzuki Seijun, and Leslie Cheung.
In 1995, his novel Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story was adapted into the film Smoke, directed by Wayne Wang. He also wrote the screenplay. Auster and Wang co-directed the sequel, Blue in the Face.
 

 
Actor. Born November 7, 1942.
Terada starred in numerous films and TV series.
At the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001, he appeared on stage at the special screening of The Catch by Somai Shinji.
 

 
Film director. Born in Toronto, Canada. Jewison won the Academy Award for Best Picture for his 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. Throughout his career, he has directed a number of films, including Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck. He was Jury President for the International Competition at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001.
 

 
Film critic. Born in Kyoto in 1963.
Saito was a member of the jury for the Winds of Asia section at the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2003.