Daihachi Yoshida’s “Teki Cometh” is the first Japanese film in 19 years to win the top prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The win reflects a feeling of optimism that pervaded this year’s TIFF, as Japanese theaters bounce back from COVID-era lows and Japanese filmmakers like “Drive My Car”’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi and “Godzilla Minus One” director Takashi Yamazaki receive accolades abroad. Yoshida has yet to gain that kind of international recognition. But “Teki Cometh,” a darkly comic character study about an aging professor whose orderly life is upended by a series of terrifying spam emails, makes for a fine ambassador. Yoshida broke out nearly 20 years ago with his 2007 film “
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