TOKYO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Tokyo International Film Festival, which curtained up Saturday in Tokyo, has arranged a special section for films from Hong Kong to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the metropolitan's return to the motherland.

Four outstanding Hong Kong movies are to be shown in central Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district during the 4-day section starting Tuesday.

Festival organizer said on the official website that Hong Kong, the "oriental Hollywood," is gathering spotlight in the international film circle and the Hong Kong section will convey the pulse of the development of the city's film industry.

The setup of the Hong Kong section showed the Tokyo International Film Festival's increasing awareness about and interest in Chinese-language films, analysts said.

Films from Hong Kong have been popular recently in Japan's pan-capital region, with some of the famous ones such as "Kungfu" having sealed abundant box income.

To celebrate the 35 anniversary of the normalization of ties between Japan and China, festival organizer also arranged the "China Film Week."

More than 300 movies around the world are waiting to be shown on the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival in the following eight days. A total of 15 films are candidates for the main Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix and other awards under such themes as "Winds of Asia" and "Tokyo in Focus."

Results of the competition will be announced on the closing day of the festival by the jury, which was headed by U.S. film producer Alan Ladd Jr.