When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not imposing text or dialogue on them: I'm just receiving. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When I have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
