1. Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor.
18 Facts About Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Hirokazu Kore-eda began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows, Still Walking, and After the Storm.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda 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.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda has cited this as a reason for his affinity toward Taiwan.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda was born on 6 June 1962 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda is the youngest of three children, with two older sisters.
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From a young age, Hirokazu Kore-eda would spend time watching movies with his mother.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda stopped all family business or discussions to watch these movies.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda rose to team captain in high school as a setter.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda initially failed his entrance exams, but was accepted into Waseda University a year later.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda graduated from Waseda University's Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in 1987.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda eventually transitioned into directing, and directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda won Best Film and Best Director Japan Academy Prizes for his film The Third Murder, which screened in the main competition of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.
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In 2019, Hirokazu Kore-eda directed The Truth, starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.
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In January 2022, it was announced that Hirokazu 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.
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In November 2022, Hirokazu Kore-eda disclosed that he had already completed shooting his next Japanese film, titled Monster.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda is often compared to Yasujiro Ozu; however, he has stated he feels more influenced by British director Ken Loach and Japanese director Mikio Naruse.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda was married in 2002 and has one daughter, born in 2007.