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Writer: Naseem Randhawa

Cinema Online was live at the red carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival opening ceremony event held at the Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo yesterday.

Just like last year, this year's opening festivities were nothing short of immense grandeur as all the prominent names from the filmmaking world gathered for this annual event.

From filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis ("The Walk"), Bryan Singer ("X-Men" series), we also manged to catch actress; Hilary Swank, Helen Mirren and Cary Fukunaga ("Beasts of No Nation").

Here are the photos from the Tokyo International Film Festival opening red carpet event below!

Hilary Swank (left) and Cary Fukunaga (right).

"The Walk" director Robert Zemeckis deliver a short welcome note.

"X-Men" filmmaker Bryan Singer is the Competion section jury head for this year.

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Cinema Online, 23 October 2015

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