When I am 60 or 70, I am sure I can still continue to make films on families. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cinema Copy Share Image
When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you. — 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
Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Culture Copy Share Image
I never want to be the all-knowing god of the story, manipulating what's to happen or the action. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Action Copy Share Image
'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Father Copy Share Image
There was a time when I thought Kim Novak was the sexiest woman in the world. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I'm so entranced by what unfolds in front of the camera. It seems wonderfully out of my control. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Camera Copy Share Image
I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cinema Copy Share Image
My grandfather had Alzheimer's. He would eat everything and anything that was around; then he wouldn't remember that he ate it and… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cinema Copy Share Image
It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
Hardly anyone says anything real in the courtroom. Almost everything is decided ahead of time, and the truth is found behind the… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Vivien Leigh. We couldn't afford to go together to the cinema, but… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cinema Copy Share Image
My mother used to work in a bank in Tokyo. It was a busy district, and after work, she used to go… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Actor 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
All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cold 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… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Children Copy Share Image
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 Eighties Copy Share Image
As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Children Copy Share Image
My mother was really against it when I said I wanted to make films. She said that I should be a civil… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Actor Copy Share Image
I have been told that... time doesn't flow in a straight line in my films. It goes round in a circle. Sometimes… — 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… — 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
Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Children Copy Share Image
I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cinema Copy Share Image
If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Cannes Copy Share Image
A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. — 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
I don't really like something serious depicted in a serious way; that's not my style. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Depicted Copy Share Image
The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Child Copy Share Image
