Hirokazu Koreeda

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

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1962 - Tokyo - Japan - Film director

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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).

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Novelist - Waseda University - Assistant director - Documentaries - TV Man Union

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Has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.

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Produced - Miwa Nishikawa - Yusuke Iseya

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