Director Quotes by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

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

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

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

When I have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

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

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

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