The 20th Tokyo International Film Festival opened in Tokyo on Oct. 20 as some 300 actors, directors and others walked the red carpet at Roppongi Hills in front of hordes of fans.

Among the actors and actresses were Takao Osawa and Yuko Takeuchi who appeared in Izuru Narushima's Midnight Eagle. Some 300 films will be shown during the festival, which runs through Oct. 28, organizers said.

Besides its main Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix award, this year's film festival features such programs as Winds of Asia, which presents films produced in Tokyo in Focus, which shows films set in Tokyo after World War II.