Hirokazu Kore-eda





























Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda Cannes 2015.jpg
Kore-eda at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Native name
是枝 裕和
Born
(1962-06-06) 6 June 1962 (age 56)
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




Hirokazu Kore-eda at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

















































































































































































Year
Film
Functioned as
Notes
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)

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





  1. ^ Interview with Kore-eda Hirokazu - Documentary Box (Interviewer: Aaron Gerow)


  2. ^ "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}


  3. ^ "Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013". Cannes. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.


  4. ^ "Cannes: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize". Variety. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2018.


  5. ^ Tomlin, Raymond. "VIFF 2013: Award Winners Announced for 2013 Film Festival". www.vanramblings.com. Van Ramblings.


  6. ^ "2015 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015.


  7. ^ Lee, Maggie (21 May 2016). "Cannes Film Review: 'After the Storm'". Variety. Retrieved 30 December 2017.


  8. ^ 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.


  9. ^ "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-05-25.


  10. ^ Debruge, Peter (19 May 2018). "Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2018.


  11. ^ "The Films of Hirokazu Koreeda". Harvard Film Archive. 25 February 2005.


  12. ^ "Hirokazu Kore-eda: 'They compare me to Ozu. But I'm more like Ken Loach'". 21 May 2015.


  13. ^ 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)











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