Hirokazu Kore-eda
Director
1962-06-06
Quotes by Hirokazu Kore-eda
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'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father.
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Tokyo is wonderful for distribution of international films, a lot of Iranian films, Taiwanese films. But most of the art films are from Europe and Asia.
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When I make films, I don't think of any other directors or their work in terms of the rhythm of the editing or the tenor of the performances.
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I have been told that... time doesn't flow in a straight line in my films. It goes round in a circle. Sometimes people comment that the films remind them of Ozu. Maybe that's right. But in Japan, nobody comments on how time passes in my films. So perhaps that is a different way of thinking.
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My mother used to work in a bank in Tokyo. It was a busy district, and after work, she used to go and watch films.
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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.
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I'm so entranced by what unfolds in front of the camera. It seems wonderfully out of my control.
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