is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in

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and has since directed more than a dozen

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s, including ''

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'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the

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for '' Like Father, Like Son'' and won the

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at the

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for '' Shoplifters''.

Personal life

Kore-eda's father was a '' wansei''. 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

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. 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

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, Joan Fontaine,

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. 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 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

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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

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, his first fiction feature film ''

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'' won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography. At the first

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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 ''

''. His 2008 film, '' Still Walking'', also earned accolades, including Best Director at the 2009

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, 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

at the

. 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, ''

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'', was selected to compete for the

at the

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, though it did not win. His 2016 film, '' After the Storm'', debuted to critical acclaim at the

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in the

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category. For his work on the film, he won the award for Best Director at the

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. Kore-eda won Best Film and Best Director Japan Academy Prizes for his film ''

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'' (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

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, where it won the

. It was also nominated for the

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. In 2018, he won the

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for his lifetime achievement at

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. In 2019, Kore-eda directed ''The Truth'', starring

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and

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. It is his first film shot in Europe and not in his native language. In 2020, it was announced that he will direct ''

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''. The film will be set in South Korea, featuring a predominantly South Korean cast and crew. It is scheduled to be released on June 8, 2022. The film has been chosen to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. 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 ''Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House'', adapted from the manga '' Kiyo in Kyoto''.

Style and influences

According to the

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, 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, although the directors he has said he feels influenced by are Ken Loach and Japanese director Mikio Naruse. In a 2009 interview, Kore-eda revealed that '' Still Walking'' is based on his own family.

Filmography

Film

Television

*''Nonfix'' (1991) *''Without Memory'' (1996) *''Kaidan Horror Classics'' (2010) *'' Going My Home'' (2012) *''Ishibumi'' (2015) *''A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura'' (2020; episode 1, 3) *'' The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House'' (2023)

Accolades

*1995:

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– Dragons and Tigers Award (''Maborosi'') *1998: San Sebastian Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize (''After Life'') *1998:

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– Golden Montgolfiere (''After Life'') *1999:

– Best Film and Best Screenplay (''After Life'') *2004: Flanders International Film Festival Ghent – Grand Prix (''Nobody Knows'') *2005: Blue Ribbon Awards – Best Film and Best Director (''Nobody Knows'') *2008: Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Best Film (''Still Walking'') *2009:

– Best Director (''Still Walking'') *2009: Blue Ribbon Awards – Best Director (''Still Walking'') *2011: San Sebastian Film Festival – Best Screenplay (''I Wish'') *2012:

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– Best Director (''I Wish'') *2013:

– Jury Prize (''Like Father, Like Son'') *2013:

– Best Film and Best Director (''Like Father, Like Son'') *2013:

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– Audience Award Best Foreign Film (''Like Father, Like Son'') *2013:

– Audience Award International Films (''Like Father, Like Son'') *2013:

– Best Screenplay (''Like Father, Like Son'') *2015: San Sebastian Film Festival – Audience Award Best Film (''Our Little Sister'') *2015:

– Best Director (''Our Little Sister'') *2016: Japan Academy Prize – Best Film and Best Director (''Our Little Sister'') *2016: Films from the South – Best Film (''After the Storm'') *2018: Japan Academy Prize – Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing (''The Third Murder'') *2018:

–

(''Shoplifters'') *2018:

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– Best Foreign Film (''Shoplifters'') *2018:

–

*2018: Asia Pacific Screen Awards – Best Film (''Shoplifters'') *2018: Denver Film Festival – Best Film (''Shoplifters'') *2018:

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– Best International Film (''Shoplifters'') *2018: Films from the South – Audience Award (''Shoplifters'') *2018:

– Most Popular International Feature (''Shoplifters'') *2019:

– Best Film (''Shoplifters'') *2019: Japan Academy Prize – Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (''Shoplifters'') *2019:

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– Best Foreign Film (''Shoplifters'') *2019:

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– Best Foreign Film (''Shoplifters'')

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,

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, and

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kore-eda, Hirokazu 1962 births Living people Japanese film directors Best Director International Eurasia Award winners Japanese documentary filmmakers Waseda University alumni Directors of Palme d'Or winners Best Director Asian Film Award winners

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