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Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu, born 6 June 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films , including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016).
Director: Shoplifters. Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film Mou hitotsu no kyouiku - Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku (1991).
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Nov 15, 2016 · Read about the work of Japanese film director Hirokazu Koreeda whose movies explore the themes of alienation and urbanism in modern Asia.
- Patrick Norrie
- Shoplifters (2018) In Koreeda’s 13th feature film, a deserving Palme d’Or winner, the definition family is not something bound to biology or genetic makeup.
- After Life (1998) Koreeda’s second film After Life is also his most inventive and innovative, presenting, and a fantastic alternate reality in which the recently deceased must choose just one memory from their lifetime to pass onto the next dimension with.
- Maborosi (1995) Debut features don’t get much more assured than Maborosi, as Koreeda deeply troubling themes of grief and depression with the conviction of an experienced pro.
- Distance (2001) Though like Maborosi (released six years prior), it deals with grief and unexplainable trauma, Koreeda’s 2001 film Distance remains something of an anomaly within his body of work.
May 18, 2023 · The best of director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s films achieve a rare quality: a sublime everydayness, in which simple matters of life take on breathtaking, poetic shape. He’s a close and...
Sep 16, 2023 · Across the vast seas of international cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda is an unsuspecting hurricane, a tempest of emotional control, authenticity, and catharsis. Acclaimed in his perceptive dissection of the human condition, hearts and minds; Kore-eda has built a career in exploring narratives and stories that are endearing, socially relevant ...
Dec 9, 2023 · Monster is a return to form for veteran filmmaker and king of breaking hearts, Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also directed Nobody Knows, Broker, and 2018 Oscar-nominee Shoplifters. In his new film, the...
