Hollywood execs and Japan's A-list turned out in force to celebrate the actor at the event during the Tokyo International Film Festival.
turned on the style once more for its Trailblazer Award Gala Party, held Wednesday night at The Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo’s Ginza district.
Unmissable was the huge presence of Konishiki, the Hawaii-born sumo wrestler — an icon in Japan —who became the first foreigner to be promoted to the second-highest rank of Ozeki in Japan’s national sport . Alex ‘Rami-chan’ Ramirez, a legend of Japan’s unofficial national sport of baseball, was also in attendance and as approachable as ever, chatting and smiling with the stream of people wanting pictures with him.
Tadanobu Asano and his wife, actress Karumi Nakata, moments before the actor took the stage to receive his honor.
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