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Kore-eda Hirokazu. 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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- Director, Writer, Editor
- Tokyo, Japan
- Hirokazu Koreeda
10 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Maborosi. 1995 1h 50m Not Rated. 7.5 (7.4K) Rate. 92 Metascore. A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Director Kore-eda Hirokazu Stars Makiko Esumi Takashi Naitô Tadanobu Asano.
- Like Father, Like Son
- Maborosi
- Shoplifters
- The Truth
- Nobody Knows
- After Life
- Still Walking
Switched at birth premises are used in many different genres. It could be the foundation for comedic hijinks, or it could also be the answer to a terrifying mystery in a horror film. As is the case with every Kore-eda film, he opts to tackle the subject with sensitivity and nuance. After receiving a call from the hospital where his son Keita (Keita...
In Kore-eda’s directorial debut Maborosi, the film follows new mother Yumiko (Makiko Esumi), who must cope with the loss of her husband after his sudden death. A few years pass, and Yumiko settles into an arranged marriage with a widower, Tamio (Takashi Naito). Still unable to overcome her grief, Yumiko wanders her new coastal home in search of an ...
In the same year that Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma swept through all the international categories of awards season, Kore-eda’s Shoplifters skyrocketed the director to international stardom. The film follows a tight-knit, low-income family in Tokyo who must resort to shoplifting in order to survive. When the family comes across a young girl seemingly aband...
Starring the likes ofCatherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, andEthan Hawke, Kore-eda 's first film set outside Japan, The Truth, definitely had many great actors jumping at the opportunity to be in it. The story follows a rocky reunion between famous French actress Fabienne Dangeville (Deneuve) and her daughter Lumir (Binoche), who is a scriptwriter....
Running at 141 minutes, Nobody Knows is by far Kore-eda’s longest film, but every minute of it feels earned. Based on the internationally-covered 1988 Sugamo child abandonment case, the film follows four children, each aged between five and twelve years old, who are abandoned by their mother and forced to survive on their own. Akira (Yūya Yagira) i...
After Life is an unusual film for Kore-eda. While the vast majority of his films deal with grounded premises and real human characters, After Lifeis a sort of fantastical fable about people's last wishes after they die. Featuring a sprawling cast of actors old and young, each one plays a recently deceased person who is given a week to decide on one...
One of Kore-eda’s most deceptively simple films, Still Walking takes place over the course of a single day as the Yokoyama family gets together to commemorate twelve years since the loss of the eldest son. After recently marrying a widow with a young son, the surviving son of the family Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) brings his new family to meet his mother (...
1. Monster (2023) PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller. 8.1. Rate this. 81 Metascore. A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi. Votes: 4,385. 2. Shoplifters (2018) R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller. 7.9. Rate this.
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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).
- 1991–present
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Department. Hirokazu Kore-eda (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).
Nov 11, 2022 · Published Nov 11, 2022. From Shoplifters to After Life, these are Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's best movies so far, ranked. Fuji Television. Japanese director Hirokazu...
