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.
Filmography
- Maborosi (Maboroshi no Hikari) (1995)
- After Life (Wonderful Life) (1998)
- Distance (2001)
- Nobody Knows (Daremo Shiranai) (2004)
- Hana (Hana yorimo Nao) (2006)
- Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo) (2008)
- Daijōbu dearu Yō ni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi (2008)
- Air Doll (Kūki Ningyō) (2009)
Awards
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.
See also
External links
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