TOKYO – Filipinos in Japan will have the chance to watch the box-office hit film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” starring ABS-CBN actress Kathryn Bernardo and GMA actor Alden Richards under Star Cinema.

Three films from the Philippines are included in the lineup of the Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka 2019, to be held at the Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka City from Sept. 13 to 19.

“The Lion King,” the live-action remake of the 1994 Disney classic animated film, had a Japanese premiere at Brillia Hall on July 22.

Maymay has the rags-to-riches story. Born in Camiguin and raised in Cagayan de Oro, her family used to have a hard time making ends meet. Her father left them when she was one year old, forcing her mother to leave her and her brother in the care of their grandfather to work in Japan.