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
Monster
Broker
The Truth
Shoplifters
十年 Ten Years Japan
THE THIRD MURDER
AFTER THE STORM
Our Little Sister
Like Father, Like Son
あの日~福島は生きている~
Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salesman
I wish
Air Doll
Beautiful Islands
大丈夫であるように ~Cocco終らない旅~
Still Walking
HANA
Nobody Knows
Wild Berries
Kakuto
Distance
After Life
Maborosi
舞妓さんちのまかないさん
有村架純の撮休
いしぶみ ~忘れない。 あなたたちのことを~
きょうの、あきない
ゴーイング マイ ホーム
悪いのはみんな萩本欽一である
妖しき文豪怪談 「後の日」
あの時だったかもしれない~テレビにとって「私」とは何か~
私がこどもだった頃
シリーズ憲法~第9条・戦争放棄「忘却」~
歩くような速さで
記憶が失われた時
彼のいない八月が
心象スケッチ それぞれの宮沢賢治
侯孝賢とエドワード・ヤン
日本人になりたかった・・・
公害はどこへ行った・・・
もう一つの教育
しかし・・・ 福祉切り捨ての時代に
米津玄師「カナリヤ」
ハナレグミ「深呼吸」
AKB48「Green Flash」
スネオヘアー「やさしいうた」
Cocco「陽の照りながら雨の降る」
タテタカコ「宝石」
Cocco「水鏡」
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
SKⅡ 「センターレーン」篇
伊藤忠商事「はじめての使命」(2015)
朝のリレー 寝顔篇
アークザラット精霊の黄昏
きっかけはフジテレビ
ミュージック・オーディション・シリーズ
じっくりコトコト煮込んだスープ
3年目のなっちゃん
モノより思い出 シリーズ
真実 La Vérité シナリオ対訳
こんな雨の日に 映画「真実」をめぐるいくつかのこと
希林さんといっしょに。
映画を撮りながら考えたこと
世界といまを考える 3
世界といまを考える 2
世界といまを考える 1
雲は答えなかった
歩くような速さで
歩いても歩いても(小説版)
花よりもなほ(小説版)
DISTANCE~映画が作られるまで~
官僚はなぜ死を選んだのか
小説ワンダフルライフ