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, so she couldn't find the time to cook nice meals. So we ate more modern food:… — 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 an apple, you don't say you eat it: you say, 'I am receiving it.' Kind of like you… — 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
