Japanese - Director | June 6, 1962 -
If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.
Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie.
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A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry.
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I'm less interested in death itself than in people whose lives are touched by it.
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All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he was younger. It really irritated me, and I told them they had to sort things out between themselves. Looking back on that, I see that it was really cold of me as a son.
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The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices.
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As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult with their own parents about how to raise their children and rely on that to help raise them.
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I'm so entranced by what unfolds in front of the camera. It seems wonderfully out of my control.
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I believe that any auteur categorised in terms of an -ist or an -ism wouldn't be able to capture the complex essence of human nature.
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When I make films, I don't think of any other directors or their work in terms of the rhythm of the editing or the tenor of the performances.
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I never want to be the all-knowing god of the story, manipulating what's to happen or the action.
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I've been a fan of Yoshida Akimi's manga for a long time; she's one of a few women's manga writers that I always read.
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