In the eighties, there was a huge shift in the humor of Japanese television. Up until then, the humor was garnered by… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I think a lot of Japanese morals are built around what the dead would think of us. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
The Japanese don't have a specific religion, but a spirituality. A cap, shoes, and a table have a spirituality. When you eat… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
Japanese feel an intimacy with the dead, at least for people up to my generation. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
We used to have prawn tempura: that was my mother's favourite dish. But she had to go out to work instead of my father,… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such European values. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
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… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
When I have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
Yes, a family is interesting. You can get a lot of drama in the conflicts there. It's like the sea. It seems calm, but… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
With 'Nobody Knows,' I consciously set out to make a fiction film, which is a different approach from 'Distance,' but I still applied a… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
I wanted to make 'Nobody Knows,' a kind of summation of the experiences I gained from making my first three films, the good ones… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
I would say that 'After the Storm' is much more informed by my personal life than my other movies. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share
