Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is set to honour filmmakers Lee Sang-il and Chloé Zhao with the Kurosawa Akira Award.

The award honors Kurosawa’s “legacy and ongoing influence” and is presented to filmmakers who have “made waves in cinema and are expected to help guide the industry’s future”. A ceremony to present the awards will be held at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on November 3.

Lee, who was born in Niigata, Japan, won best director at the Japan Academy Awards for his 2006 film Hula Girls , and has since directed multiple award-winning films, including Villian (2010), Unforgiven (2013) and Rage (2016), of which the latter two starred Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe. His 2025 film Kokuho , which also features Watanabe, premiered at Cannes and has become one of this year’s

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