I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two… — Hirokazu Koreeda Chinese Copy Share Image
In order to avoid sentimentality and to be able to write the screenplay with the kind of humor and irony necessary to… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
If a movie is nominated for, say, an Academy award, that movie will instantly become popular in Japan. There's always been a… — Hirokazu Koreeda Academy Copy Share Image
The contemporary Japanese directors who are well-known in the West - say, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takeshi Kitano, Naomi Kawase - are mostly unknown… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
One of the more problematic aspects of the current state of cinema in Japan is that the movies playing in the theaters… — Hirokazu Koreeda Adaptation Copy Share Image
As far as documentaries go, I believe unreservedly that they serve an important function in our culture. I'd love to be able… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
In the neighborhood around Waseda, there were all these movie theaters, so every morning I left the house and watched movies instead… — Hirokazu Koreeda Attention Copy Share Image
The biggest considerations I had were practical: how do you move such a large number of actors around a small space? So,… — Hirokazu Koreeda Actors Copy Share Image
I don't believe in making movies to cater to a foreign audience. You never know what the reaction is going to be… — Hirokazu Koreeda Attention Copy Share Image
But then foreign critics right away made sweeping comparisons to haiku, noh theater, and directors like Ozu, as if the movie were… — Hirokazu Koreeda Comparison Copy Share Image
