Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hirokazu Kore-eda | |
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Kore-eda at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
Native name | 是枝 裕和 |
Born | (1962-06-06) 6 June 1962 Tokyo, Japan |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor |
Years active | 1989–present |
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.
Contents
1 Career
2 Style and influences
3 Accolades
4 Filmography
4.1 Television
5 Frequent Collaborators
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
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.[1]
In 1995, at the Venice Film Festival, he won a Golden Osella Award for Best Director for first fiction feature film, Maborosi. At the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, he won awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay for his film After Life.
In 2004, 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.
His 2013 film, Like Father, Like Son, premiered and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It ultimately did not win, but it won the Jury Prize,[3] as well as a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury.[4] In October 2013, the film won the Rogers People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival.[5]
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.[6] His 2016 film, After the Storm, debuted to critical acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category.[7] For his work on the film, he won the award for Best Director at the Yokohama Film Festival.[8] 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.[9]
In 2018, his film, titled Shoplifters, about a young girl that is welcomed in by a family of shoplifters, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or[10] and Donostia Award at San Sebastián International 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".[11]
Kore-eda is most often compared to Yasujirō Ozu, although the director has said he feels influenced by Ken Loach.[12]
In a 2009 interview, Kore-eda revealed that Still Walking was based on his own family.[13]
Accolades
- 1995: Venice Film Festival - Golden Osella, Best Director (Maborosi)
- 1999: Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Film and Best Screenplay (After Life)
- 2004: Blue Ribbon Awards - Best Film and Best Director (Nobody Knows)
- 2008: Mar del Plata International Film Festival - Best Film (Still Walking)
- 2009: Asian Film Awards - Best Director (Still Walking)
- 2013: Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize (Like Father, Like Son)
- 2015: Yokohama Film Festival - Best Director (Our Little Sister)[8]
- 2016: Films from the South - Best Film (After the Storm)
- 2018: Japan Academy Prize - Best Film and Best Director (The Third Murder)
- 2018: Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or (Shoplifters)
- 2018: San Sebastián International Film Festival - Donostia Award
Filmography
Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | |||
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Director | Screenwriter | Editor | Producer | |||
1991 | Lessons from a Calf | Yes | Documentary | |||
1991 | However... | Yes | Documentary | |||
1994 | August without Him | Yes | Documentary | |||
1995 | Maborosi | Yes | ||||
1996 | Without Memory | Yes | Documentary | |||
1998 | After Life | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2001 | Distance | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2004 | Nobody Knows | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2006 | Hana | Yes | Yes | |||
2008 | Still Walking | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2008 | Daijōbu Dearu Yō ni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi | Yes | Documentary | |||
2009 | Air Doll | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | I Wish | 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 |
Television
Lessons from a Calf (1991)
Going My Home (2012)
Frequent Collaborators
Kore-eda often casts the same actors in his narrative films, in particular Kirin Kiki and Susumu Terajima, both of whom have appeared in six of Kore-eda's films. Other performers who have collaborated with Kore-eda on multiple films include Hiroshi Abe, Arata, Tadanobu Asano, Lily Franky, Isao Hashizume, Ryo Kase, and Yui Natsukawa.
Actor / Actress | Maborosi (1995) | After Life (1998) | Distance (2001) | Nobody Knows (2004) | Hana (2006) | Still Walking (2008) | Air Doll (2009) | I Wish (2011) | Like Father, Like Son (2013) | Our Little Sister (2015) | After the Storm (2016) | The Third Murder (2017) | Shoplifters (2018) |
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Hiroshi Abe | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
Arata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
Tadanobu Asano | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
Akira Emoto | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Lily Franky | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
Jun Fubuki | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Masaharu Fukuyama | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Yoshio Harada | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Isao Hashizume | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
Suzu Hirose | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Sosuke Ikematsu | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Yūsuke Iseya | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Ryo Kase | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
Kirin Kiki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Jun Kunimura | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Yōko Maki | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Masami Nagasawa | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Takashi Naito | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Yui Natsukawa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
Joe Odagiri | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Kazuya Takahashi | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Susumu Terajima | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Sayaka Yoshino | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
You | Yes | Yes |
References
^ Interview with Kore-eda Hirokazu - Documentary Box (Interviewer: Aaron Gerow)
^ "2013 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013". Cannes. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
^ "Cannes: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize". Variety. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ Tomlin, Raymond. "VIFF 2013: Award Winners Announced for 2013 Film Festival". www.vanramblings.com. Van Ramblings.
^ "2015 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015.
^ Lee, Maggie (21 May 2016). "Cannes Film Review: 'After the Storm'". Variety. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ ab 「海街diary」が5冠、「お盆の弟」が4冠 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports News. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
^ Debruge, Peter (19 May 2018). "Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ "The Films of Hirokazu Koreeda". Harvard Film Archive. 25 February 2005.
^ "Hirokazu Kore-eda: 'They compare me to Ozu. But I'm more like Ken Loach'". 21 May 2015.
^ Interview with Hirokazu Kore-eda, MUBI.com; accessed 27 February 2018.
Further reading
- "After Life" (Review) by Jonathan Ellis. Film Quarterly, Vol. no. 57, Issue no. 1, pp. 32–37. ISSN 0015-1386.
- "This is your life: Tony Rayns interviews After Life's director Koreeda Hirokazu" Sight & Sound, March 1999.
- Martonova, Andronika. Boys dont’t cry: the image of the children as a social problem in Hirokazu Koreeda’s films. - In: Central Asian Journal Of Art Studies. Almaty, T. Zhurgehov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, 2016. pр. 55-64
External links
- Official website
Hirokazu Kore-eda on IMDb
Hirokazu Kore-eda at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)