The appointment of Taymor, director of 'The Lion King' stage musical and the film 'Frida,' marks Tokyo's third consecutive female jury chief.
Tokyo’s festival chairman Hiroyasu Ando highlighted Taymor’s connections to Japan when unveiling her appointment.
“Ms. Taymor has directed not only musical theater but also many excellent films,” he said, adding: “She has a particularly strong connection with Japan, having studied Ningyo Joruri traditional puppet theater here as a student and later applying it to her own works.” The Tokyo festival said earlier this week that it will open on Oct. 24 with Takahisa Zeze’s postwar drama , a reinterpretation of the Akira Kurosawa classicIn response to her appointment, Taymor shared the following statement on Friday: “The arts are the beacon that brings us out of the chaos, leading the way. In a darkened theater the images flickering before us draw us both deeply into and also out of ourselves, our isolated and single selves.
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