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In this Sept. 28, 2017 photo, Japanese director Naomi Kawase speaks during an interview at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Tokyo. From her earliest works with a hand-held camera focused on everyday objects to her prize-winning Cannes films, Japanese director Kawase has shown her determination to reach for eternity. She tells the AP she is fascinated by how film can bring together the past and the future. “You must always be able to catch what is being born” the director says backstage from her first opera, opening next month in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
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