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"This red carpet is a lot more exciting than the red carpet
at the parliament building," said Prime Minister Abe, who
admitted to having watched many of Streep's films.
"I'm feeling very excited, and it's sinking in that the Tokyo
International Film Festival has finally kicked off."
Abe said he particularly enjoyed Streep's portrayal of British
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" a film which
he said "left a very deep impression on me", and for which
Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2012.
Korean singer and actor Yesung and Japanese actress Nozomi
Sasaki were also on the red carpet along with a procession of
figures clad in decorative costumes carrying pumpkins as
Halloween approaches at the end of the month.
The Tokyo International Film Festival will run until 3 Nov.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Adela Suliman;
Editing by Tom Heneghan)
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