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Hirokazu Kore-eda

Known for directing · Born 6 June 1962 · 64 · Tokyo, Japan

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Hirokazu Kore-eda (born 6 June 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). He 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hirokazu Kore-eda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Shoplifters

2018

Monster

2023

Like Father, Like Son

2013

Nobody Knows

2004

Our Little Sister

2015

Broker

2022

Still Walking

2008

After the Storm

2016

The Third Murder

2017

After Life

1999

Air Doll

2009

The Truth

2019

Acting (19)

2026Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaSelfFilm
2026THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMANSelfFilm
2025The Legend of the Palme d’Or ContinuesSelfFilm
2024Walking in the MoviesSelfFilm
2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the cameraSelf (archive footage)Film
2023Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming ChangFilm
2022JiseokSelfFilm
2021Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"SelfFilm
2019I AM NONSelfSeries
2019Kiki Kirin's LifeFilm
2019A Story on the ShoreSelfFilm
2018Movie RoomSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2015Song FUKUYAMASeries
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelfFilm
2009Making 'Still Walking'SelfFilm
2005Le CercleSelfSeries
2004A Making of Nobody KnowsSelfFilm
2003BirthplaceSelfFilm
1996Without MemorySelf - Narrator (uncredited)Film

Camera (1)

2004A Making of Nobody KnowsStill PhotographerFilm

Creator (1)

2019JunichiCreatorSeries

Directing (33)

2026Sheep in the BoxDirector, Editor, Screenplay, Original StoryFilm
2026Look BackDirector, Editor, WriterFilm
20265 - The Time Called Arashi -DirectorFilm
2023MonsterDirector, Editor, Executive ProducerFilm
2021The Center LaneDirectorFilm
2020A Day-Off of Kasumi ArimuraDirectorSeries
2019The TruthDirector, Screenplay, EditorFilm
2017The Third MurderDirector, Screenplay, EditorFilm
2016After the StormDirector, Editor, Original Concept, ScreenplayFilm
2015Our Little SisterDirector, Screenplay, EditorFilm
2015IshibumiDirectorFilm
2013Like Father, Like SonDirector, Editor, ScreenplayFilm
2012The Message from FukushimaDirectorFilm
2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsDirectorFilm
2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsDirector, ScreenplaySeries
2009Air DollDirector, Producer, Editor, ScreenplayFilm
2008So I Can Be Alright: Cocco's Endless JourneyDirectorFilm
2006Series Constitution. Article 9: War Renunciation "Oblivion"DirectorFilm
2004Nobody KnowsDirector, Screenplay, Editor, ProducerFilm
2003BirthplaceDirector, EditorFilm
2003Kaettekita! Deka MatsuriDirectorFilm
1999After LifeDirector, Editor, ScreenplayFilm
1995MaborosiDirector, ProducerFilm
1994August Without HimDirectorFilm
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangDirectorFilm
1993Soul Sketches - Every Person's Kenji MiyazawaDirectorFilm
1993Yottsu no shibu jikokuDirectorFilm
1992I Wish I Could Be JapaneseDirectorFilm
1991Lessons from a CalfDirectorFilm
1991Where Has All the Pollution Gone?DirectorFilm
1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'Assistant DirectorFilm
1989NonfixDirectorSeries
—Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda FilmDirector, ScreenplayFilm

Editing (4)

2025AsuraEditor, Director, Writer, CreatorSeries
2022BrokerEditor, Director, WriterFilm
2006HanaEditor, Director, WriterFilm
2001DistanceEditor, Director, WriterFilm

Production (17)

2026THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMANProducerFilm
2023The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko HouseExecutive Producer, Director, Screenplay, CreatorSeries
2022My Small LandExecutive ProducerFilm
2022HAJIKERUProducerFilm
2020Any Crybabies Around?Development ProducerFilm
2018ShopliftersProducer, Director, Screenplay, EditorFilm
2018Ten Years JapanExecutive ProducerFilm
2014HomelandConsulting ProducerFilm
2012Live Fukushima: Kaze to Rock Super NomaoiProducerFilm
2011Ending Note: Death of a Japanese SalarymanProducerFilm
2010Beautiful IslandsExecutive ProducerFilm
2006SwayProducerFilm
2004Tobira no muko Rock kashu miyamoto hiroji to iu ikikataProducerFilm
2004Elephant Kashimashi Documentary Film: Tobira no MukōProducerFilm
2003Wild BerriesProducerFilm
2003KakutoProducerFilm
1996Without MemoryProducer, Director, Editor, Writer, IdeaFilm

Writing (7)

2021National Theatre Live: After LifeWriterFilm
2012Going My HomeWriter, Director, Editor, CreatorSeries
2011I WishScreenplay, Editor, DirectorFilm
2010The Days AfterScreenplay, DirectorFilm
2008Still WalkingOriginal Story, Director, Editor, ScreenplayFilm
1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Writer, Director of PhotographyFilm
1991However...Writer, Producer, DirectorFilm