Hirokazu Koreeda

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Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu^?, born June 6, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.

Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

He has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Awards 3 Further reading 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Filmography

1. Maborosi (Maboroshi no Hikari) (1995)
2. After Life (Wonderful Life) (1998)
3. Distance (2001)
4. Nobody Knows (Daremo Shiranai) (2004)
5. Hana (Hana yorimo Nao) (2006)
6. Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo) (2008)
7. Daijōbu dearu Yō ni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi (2008)
8. Air Doll (Kūki Ningyō) (2009)

[edit] Awards

• Golden Osella, Best Director (tied), 1995 Venice Film Festival
• Blue Ribbon Award, Best Director, for Dare mo shiranai (2004) Blue Ribbon Awards
• Blue Ribbon Award, Best Film, for Dare mo shiranai (2004) Blue Ribbon Awards
• Best Film, for Wandafuru raifu (1998) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• Best Screenplay, for Wandafuru raifu (1998) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• Cinema of Japan

[edit] External links

• Biography (in Turkish)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Hirokazu Koreeda at the Internet Movie Database
• 是枝裕和 (Hirokazu Koreeda) (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
• Interview with Koreeda Hirokazu - Documentary Box (Interviewer: Aaron Gerow)

v • d • e Films directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Lessons From a Calf (1991) • However (1991) • August Without Him (1994) • Maborosi (1995) • This World (1996) • Without Memory (1996) • After Life (1998) • Distance (2001) • Nobody Knows (2004) • Hana (2006) • Aruitemo aruitemo (2008) • Air Doll (2009)

v • d • e International Eurasia Award for Best Director (2005) · György Pálfi  Hungary (2006) · Abdellatif Kechiche  Tunisia (2007) · Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan (2008)