Film director and TV director

Hirokazu Koreeda

PROFILE

Born 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University in 1987, Kore-eda joined TV Man Union where he directed several prize winning documentary programs. In 2014, he launched his production company BUN-BUKU.

In 1995, his directorial debut, Maborosi, based on the original novel written by Miyamoto Teru, won the 52nd Venice International Film Festival's Golden Osella. After Life (1998), distributed in over 30 countries, brought Kore-eda internationally acclaimed.
In 2001, Distance was selected in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and with his fourth work Nobody Knows (2004), Yagira Yuya garnered much attention for becoming the youngest person to ever receive the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award.
In 2006, Hana, a film centered on vengeance, became his first attempt at a period piece.
In 2008, he presented the family drama Still Walking, which reflected his own personal experiences, received high appraisals from around the world.
In 2009, Air Doll was world premiered at Un Certain Regard of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival and was widely-praised for marking a new frontier in its depiction of a sensual love fantasy.
In 2011, I Wish won the Best Screenplay Award at the 59th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
In 2012, he made his first directorial debut for TV series Going Home. His latest film Like Father, Like Son (2013), winning the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, received the audience awards at San Sebastian, Vancouver, and Sao Paulo International Film Festivals and broke the Box Office record of his past films in many territories.
In 2015, Our Little Sister premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and received five awards including Best Film and Best Director at Japan Academy Prize, as well as the Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
In 2016, After The Storm premiered at Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, The Third Murder premiered in Competition at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival. In 2018, Shoplifters won the Palme d'Or at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the Best Foreign Film at the 44th Cesar and many other awards, moreover it was nominated for the 91st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His first feature shot outside Japan La Vérité with two French film legends, Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, is the opening film in Competition of the 76th Venice International Film Festival. His first Korean film Broker (working title) will be released in 2022.

He has also produced films for young Japanese directors. Kakuto, directed by Iseya Yusuke, was premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2003. Wild Berries (2003) was written and directed by Nishikawa Miwa who later had her second feature Sway premiered at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes in 2006. Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salesman (2011) by Sunada Mami brought tears to the audience around world.

WORKS

Director
Movie

Monster

Director
Movie

Broker

Director
Movie

The Truth

Director
Movie

Shoplifters

総合監修
Movie

十年 Ten Years Japan

Director
Movie

THE THIRD MURDER

Director
Movie

AFTER THE STORM

Director
Movie

Our Little Sister

Director
Movie

Like Father, Like Son

総合監修
Movie

あの日~福島は生きている~

Producer
Movie

Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salesman

Director
Movie

I wish

Director
Movie

Air Doll

Producer
Produce

Beautiful Islands

Director
Movie

大丈夫であるように ~Cocco終らない旅~

Director
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Still Walking

Director
Movie

HANA

Director
Movie

Nobody Knows

Producer
Movie

Wild Berries

Producer
Produce

Kakuto

Director
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Distance

Director
Movie

After Life

Director
Movie

Maborosi

総合演出・Director, Scenario
WEB

舞妓さんちのまかないさん

Director
TV

有村架純の撮休

Director
TV

いしぶみ ~忘れない。 あなたたちのことを~

Director
TV

きょうの、あきない

Director, Scenario
TV

ゴーイング マイ ホーム

Director
TV

悪いのはみんな萩本欽一である

Director
TV

妖しき文豪怪談 「後の日」

Director
TV

あの時だったかもしれない~テレビにとって「私」とは何か~

Director
TV

私がこどもだった頃

Director
TV

シリーズ憲法~第9条・戦争放棄「忘却」~

Director
TV

歩くような速さで

Director
TV

記憶が失われた時

Director
TV

彼のいない八月が

Director
TV

心象スケッチ それぞれの宮沢賢治

Director
TV

侯孝賢とエドワード・ヤン

Director
TV

日本人になりたかった・・・

Director
TV

公害はどこへ行った・・・

Director
TV

もう一つの教育

Director
TV

しかし・・・ 福祉切り捨ての時代に

Director
MV・PV

米津玄師「カナリヤ」

Director
MV・PV

ハナレグミ「深呼吸」

Director
MV・PV

AKB48「Green Flash」

Director
MV・PV

スネオヘアー「やさしいうた」

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MV・PV

Cocco「陽の照りながら雨の降る」

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MV・PV

タテタカコ「宝石」

Director
MV・PV

Cocco「水鏡」

Director
CM

ジャパネットウォーター 富士山の天然水「ジャパネットウォーター きれいだ。」篇

Director
CM

SKⅡ 「センターレーン」篇

総合演出
CM

伊藤忠商事「はじめての使命」(2015)

Director
CM

朝のリレー 寝顔篇

Director
CM

アークザラット精霊の黄昏

Director
CM

きっかけはフジテレビ

Director
CM

ミュージック・オーディション・シリーズ

Director
CM

じっくりコトコト煮込んだスープ

Director
CM

3年目のなっちゃん

Director
CM

モノより思い出 シリーズ

著者
Book

真実 La Vérité シナリオ対訳

著者
Book

こんな雨の日に 映画「真実」をめぐるいくつかのこと

著者
Book

希林さんといっしょに。

著者
Book

映画を撮りながら考えたこと

著者
Book

世界といまを考える 3

著者
Book

世界といまを考える 2

著者
Book

世界といまを考える 1

著者
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雲は答えなかった

著者
Book

歩くような速さで

著者
Novel

歩いても歩いても(小説版)

著者
Novel

花よりもなほ(小説版)

著者
Book

DISTANCE~映画が作られるまで~

著者
Book

官僚はなぜ死を選んだのか

著者
Novel

小説ワンダフルライフ

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