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Episode: Well-known Japanese actors Yakusho Koji and Tsumabuki Satoshi speak at cinema masterclasses in Taiwan
Description: Japanese actors Yakusho Koji and Tsumabuki Satoshi graced Taiwan's Golden Horse Festival in November, to help celebrate the event’s 60th anniversary.
Both actors were invited to the annual festival to take part in masterclasses, sharing their experiences in front of members of the Taiwanese movie industry.
67-year-old Yakusho Koji—known for movies including “Shall We Dance?”, “The Eel,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Babel”—touched upon the ephemeral nature of movie-making and how he fears his work may be lost as the decades progress.
“I think in 100 or 200 years it will be very hard for people to watch my movies because there wil...