Fan Bingbing, Pedro Pascal, John Malkovich, Javier Bardem Films Lead Tokyo Festival’s Gala Selection

The Tokyo International Film Festival has named its 15-title Gala selection, headlined by Fan Bingbing in Wayne Wang’s “Diary of a Mad Old Man,” Pedro Pascal in Tony Gilroy’s “Behemoth!,” John Malkovich in Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” and Javier Bardem in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved.”

Wang’s film adapts Tanizaki Junichiro’s novel of the same name, relocating the story to present-day Tokyo, with Fan starring opposite Lily Franky and Kudoh Youki. Gilroy’s “Behemoth!” casts Pascal as a cellist alongside Olivia Wilde and Eva Victor.

McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” also starring Sam Rockwell and Steve Buscemi, follows two CIA agents sent to Easter Island; Malkovich won the Venice Film Festival’s best actor award for the role. Bardem stars opposite Victoria Luengo in “The Beloved,” about an estranged father and daughter confronting old wounds during a new film project.

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as members of a family relocating from Romania to Norway. Sode Yukiko’s “All the Lovers in the Night,” adapted from Kawakami Mieko’s novel, played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes ahead of its Tokyo bow.

The festival’s opening film is “Sukiyaki,” with “Godzilla Minus Zero” screening as the centerpiece selection and “Colony” as the closing film.

TIFF also unveiled a 12-title Animation Section, which includes three Japanese titles selected under the theme “Women Directors: Diverse Visions”: Nagaoka Chika’s “Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire,” Watanabe Kotono’s “Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom” and Yoshimura Ai’s “The Rose of Versailles.”

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival runs Oct. 26-Nov. 4, hosted by Unijapan. Market TIFFCOM runs alongside it from Oct. 28-30.

FULL GALA SELECTION

“All the Lovers in the Night” (Japan) – Directed by Sode Yukiko. Starring Kishii Yukino, Asano Tadanobu, Morita Misato.

“Arrested Memory” (Taiwan/Japan) – Directed by SABU. Starring Ethan Juan, Hsieh Ying Xuan, Tsutsumi Shinichi.

“Behemoth!” (U.S.) – Directed by Tony Gilroy. Starring Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor.

“The Beloved” (Spain) – Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Starring Javier Bardem, Victoria Luengo, Marina Foïs.

“A Bouquet of Light for You” (working title, Japan) – Directed by Ando Hiroshi. Starring Hara Nanoka, Sakuma Ryuto, Mashima Hidekazu.

“Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar” (Japan) – Directed by Shiraishi Kazuya. Starring Oizumi Yo, Matsuda Ryuhei, Suzuki Kyoka.

“Diary of a Mad Old Man” (U.S.) – Directed by Wayne Wang. Starring Lily Franky, Fan Bingbing, Kudoh Youki.

Displacement Film Fund screenings (U.K./Syria/Ukraine/Turkey/Iran/Germany/Somalia/Austria) – Directed by Hasan Kattan, Maryna Er Gorbach, Mohammad Rasoulof, Shahrbanoo Sadat and Mo Harawe.

“Fjord” (Romania/France/Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Finland) – Directed by Cristian Mungiu. Starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve.

“Sunshine Women’s Choir” (Taiwan) – Directed by Gavin Lin. Starring Ivy Chen, Judy Ongg, Sun Shumei.

“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” (U.S./Canada) – Directed by Jane Schoenbrun. Starring Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson.

“The Tiger and Her Wings the Movie” (Japan) – Directed by Nagikawa Yoshiro. Starring Ito Sairi, Okada Masaki, Matsumoto Koshiro.

“Verity” (U.S.) – Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett.

“Wild Horse Nine” (U.K./U.S./Chile) – Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi.

“Your Story – Kimi No Hanashi” (Japan) – Directed by Nakagawa Ryutaro. Starring Kitamura Takumi, Deguchi Natsuki.

FULL ANIMATION SECTION

“Amadeo and the Hypothetical New World” (Brazil) – Directed by Brenda Lígia and Edu Felistoque. Starring Sérgio Menezes, Naruna Costa, Edmilson Filho.

“Cherry and Virgin” (Japan) – Directed by Kawajiri Masanao. Starring Okado Takashi, Kiyose Yaeko.

“Forgotten Island” (U.S.) – Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado. Starring the voices of H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco.

“Ghost – End of Night” (Japan) – Directed by Natsume Shingo. Starring the voices of Hotta Mayu, Takahashi Issey.

“Grotesqqque” (Japan) – Directed by Nishigori Atsushi. Starring the voices of Ichinose Kana, Minami Sara, Inoue Nagi, Hoshino Gen.

“Iron Boy” (France) – Directed by Louis Clichy. Starring Gary Clichy, Rod Paradot, Dimitri Colas.

“Son of a Bitch” (Brazil) – Directed by Érica Maradona, Otto Guerra, Tania Anaya and Sávio Leite. Starring Gabriel Martins, Matheus Nachtergaele, Zora Santos.

“Walking with Animators” (France) – Directed by Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso. Starring Lucie Arnissolle, Will Becher, Doug Chiang.

“We Are Aliens” (Japan) – Directed by Kadowaki Kohei. Starring Bando Ryota, Okayama Amane.

“Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire” (Japan) – Directed by Nagaoka Chika. Starring Takayama Minami, Yamazaki Wakana, Yamaguchi Kappei.

“Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom” (Japan) – Directed by Watanabe Kotono. Starring Kaku Kento, Hamabe Minami.

“The Rose of Versailles” (Japan) – Directed by Yoshimura Ai. Starring Sawashiro Miyuki, Hirano Aya, Toyonaga Toshiyuki.