Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda
是枝 裕和
Born (1962-06-06) 6 June 1962 (age 61)
Alma materWaseda University
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor
Years active1991–present
Japanese name
Hiraganaこれえだ ひろかず
Websitewww.kore-eda.com

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). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son and won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters.

Personal life

Kore-eda's father was born in Taiwan before being conscripted into the Japanese military during World War II and detained in Siberia for 3 years after the end of the war. His paternal grandparents could not marry under Japanese law at the time as they had the same last name, so they eloped to Taiwan where they could, which was then under Japanese colonial rule. He has cited this as a reason for his affinity toward Taiwan.

Kore-eda was born in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. He is the youngest of three children with two older sisters. From a young age, Kore-eda would spend time watching movies with his mother. He said through an interpreter, "My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Vivien Leigh. We couldn't afford to go together to the cinema, but she was always watching their movies on TV. She stopped all family business or discussions to watch these movies. We would watch together. So I adored film – like her."

After seeing Japan win the gold medal in men's volleyball at the 1972 Munich Olympics, he started playing in middle school. He rose to team captain in high school as a setter.

He initially failed his entrance exams, but was accepted into Waseda University a year later. After graduating from Waseda University's Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in 1987, Kore-eda worked on documentaries, where he was subject to aggressive management. He has cited this as being the reason he tries to avoid becoming angry on his sets and to encourage a happy work environment.

Kore-eda was married in 2002 and has one daughter, born in 2007.

Career

Before embarking on a career as a film director, Kore-eda worked as an assistant director on documentaries for television. He eventually transitioned into directing, and directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991. He directed several other documentary films thereafter.

In 1995, at the Venice Film Festival, his first fiction feature film Maborosi won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography. At the first Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in 1999, he won awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay for his film After Life.

In 2005, he won the Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Film and Best Director for his film Nobody Knows. His 2008 film, Still Walking, also earned accolades, including Best Director at the 2009 Asian Film Awards, and the Golden Ástor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival.

His 2013 film, Like Father, Like Son, premiered and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually did not win, but it won the Jury Prize, as well as a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury. In October 2013, the film won the Rogers People's Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Kore-eda's 2015 film, Our Little Sister, was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, though it did not win. His 2016 film, After the Storm, debuted to critical acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category. For his work on the film, he won the award for Best Director at the Yokohama Film Festival. Kore-eda won Best Film and Best Director Japan Academy Prizes for his film The Third Murder (2017), which also screened in the main competition of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.

In 2018, his film, titled Shoplifters, about a young girl who is welcomed in by a family of shoplifters, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2018, he won the Donostia Award for his lifetime achievement at San Sebastián International Film Festival.

In 2019, Kore-eda directed The Truth, starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke. It is his first film shot in Europe and not in his native language.

In 2021, Kore-eda directed Broker. The film was shot in South Korea, featuring a predominantly South Korean cast and crew. It was first released on June 8, 2022. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

In January 2022, it was announced that Kore-eda would be working with a team of directors including Megumi Tsuno, Hiroshi Okuyama, and Takuma Sato on a nine-episode series called The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, adapted from the manga Kiyo in Kyoto.

In November 2022, Kore-eda disclosed that he had already completed shooting his next Japanese film, titled Monster. With post-production underway, Monster was scheduled for release in Japan on June 2, 2023. This release date positioned the film for a potential world premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival, a customary platform for Kore-eda. Monster won the Queer palm and the screenplay prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Style and influences

According to the Harvard Film Archive, Kore-eda's works "reflect the contemplative style and pacing of such luminaries as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang".

Kore-eda is most often compared to Yasujirō Ozu, however he has stated he feels more influenced by British director Ken Loach and Japanese director Mikio Naruse.

In a 2009 interview, Kore-eda revealed that Still Walking is based on his own family. Kore-eda eventually evolved his own filmmaking style, abandoning some of the specific aesthetics seen in Shoplifters, he continues to capture emotions and creating realistic characters, which are elements he consistently refines in his subsequent works.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer Editor
1995 Maborosi Yes No No
1998 After Life Yes Yes Yes
2001 Distance Yes Yes Yes
2004 Nobody Knows Yes Yes Yes Also producer
2006 Hana Yes Yes Yes
2008 Still Walking Yes Yes Yes
2009 Air Doll Yes Yes Yes Also producer
2011 I Wish Yes Yes Yes
2013 Like Father, Like Son Yes Yes Yes
2015 Our Little Sister Yes Yes Yes
2016 After the Storm Yes Yes Yes
2017 The Third Murder Yes Yes Yes
2018 Shoplifters Yes Yes Yes
2019 The Truth Yes Yes Yes French film
2022 Broker Yes Yes Yes South Korean film
2023 Monster Yes No Yes Also executive producer

Producer

Year Film Notes
1993 Kakuto
2003 Heibi Chingo
2006 Yureru Planner
2014 leji Consulting producer
2020 Jû Jen: Ten Years Japan Executive producer
2022 Mai Sumoru Rando

Documentaries

Year Film Notes
1991 Lessons from a Calf
However... Also producer
1992 Where Has All the Pollution Gone?
I Wish I Could Be Japanese
1993 When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang Documentary about filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang
Soul Sketches-Every Person's Kenji Miyazawa Documentary short film
Yottsu no shibu jikoku
1994 August without Him
1996 This World A filmed correspondence between Kawase Naomi and Koreeda.
Also writer and cinematographer
2003 Birthplace Documentary about the old sets from his first feature Maborosi
Also editor
2008 Daijōbu Dearu Yō ni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi Documentary about Cocco
Series Constitution. Article 9. War Renunciation. Oblivion
2012 The Message from Fukushima Documentary short
2021 The Center Line Documentary short about swimmer Rikako Ikee

Television

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer Editor
1991 Nonfix Yes No No TV Series
1996 Without Memory Yes Yes Yes TV Documentary Movie
2010 Kaidan Horror Classics Yes Yes No Anthology TV Series
Directed episode "Nochi no hi"
2012 Going My Home Yes Yes Yes TV Miniseries
2015 Ishibumi Yes No No TV Documentary film
2020 A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura Yes No No TV Series
Directed episodes "Tada ima no nochi ni" and "Ningen Doku"
2023 The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Yes Yes Yes TV Miniseries
Also executive producer

Accolades

Hirokazu Kore-eda at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Frequent collaborators

Work
Actor
1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023
Takashi Naitō
Sayaka Yoshino
Tadanobu Asano
Akira Emoto
Susumu Terajima
Arata Iura
Yusuke Iseya
Natsuo Ishidō
Kenichi Endō
Yui Natsukawa
Ryo Kase
Sei Hiraizumi
Hiei Kimura
Yūichi Kimura
You
Shirō Katō
Yoshio Harada
Shohei Tanaka
Jun Kunimura
Tetsushi Tanaka
Kirin Kiki
Hiroshi Abe
Ryōga Hayashi
Kazuya Takahashi
Joe Odagiri
Bae Doona
Kazuaki Shimizu
Yuri Nakamura
Oshiro Maeda
Masami Nagasawa
Isao Hashizume
Lily Franky
Ichirō Ogura
Jun Fubuki
Yōko Maki
Masaharu Fukuyama
Tomomitsu Adachi
Suzu Hirose
Aju Makita
Izumi Matsuoka
Sosuke Ikematsu
Daisuke Kuroda
Hajime Inoue
Sakura Ando

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