Koreeda Hirokazu
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Koreeda Hirokazu (是枝裕和, born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death and coming to terms with loss.

Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director making documentaries for TV Man Union. He snuck off set to direct his first film, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

Has produced films for directors Nishikawa Miwa and Iseya Yusuke.

Filmography

1. Daremo Shiranai (2004)
2. 帰ってきた刑事まつりはくれちゃった刑事 (2003)
3. Distance (2001)
4. After Life (1998)
5. Without Memory (1996)
6. This World (1996)
7. Maborosi (1995)
8. August Without Him (1994)
9. However (1991)
10. Lessons From a Calf (1991)

Awards

• Golden Osella, Best Director (tied), 1995 Venice Film Festival

External Links

• Official Website (in Japanese)

See also: Cinema of Japan

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