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" I watch 'Electronic Boy' faithfully every week - not because I like the show but because I'm interested in where the smartest T.V. producers and directors are going, what direction they are headed in. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Direction

Boy

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" When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist. "

" When I am 60 or 70, I am sure I can still continue to make films on families. "

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I Am

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" When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you. "

" If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made. "

" 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 nature. "

" A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. "

" 'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Show

Opportunity

" My father did not have a lot of security in his life. He did odd jobs. He had a real struggle to make money. He lost a lot of time in his 20s, after the war, because he was sent to a forced-labour camp in Siberia. "

" I've been a fan of Yoshida Akimi's manga for a long time; she's one of a few women's manga writers that I always read. "

" Hardly anyone says anything real in the courtroom. Almost everything is decided ahead of time, and the truth is found behind the scenes. "

" Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie. "

" I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda. "

" In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad. "

" I grew up without a father. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Father

Grew

" I wanted to make 'Nobody Knows,' a kind of summation of the experiences I gained from making my first three films, the good ones as well as the bad ones. "

" 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 inside there is conflict. "

" My mother was really against it when I said I wanted to make films. She said that I should be a civil servant because that was safe, and it had security. But my mother was always very proud of my movies and would give videocassettes of them to all the neighbours. "

" You only get back what you are prepared to put in. "

" I would say that 'After the Storm' is much more informed by my personal life than my other movies. "

" There was a time when I thought Kim Novak was the sexiest woman in the world. "

" As a son and as a father, there are still various things that I haven't done as well as I should have - that's my dilemma and regret. "

" There's a difference between people being free and the atmosphere of 'freedom.' "

" The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices. "

" Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with 'national interest' and 'national policy,' I tend to think that keeping a clear distance from government authority is the right thing to do. "

" 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: a lot of frozen and instant food. But I never complained about it to my mother. "

" My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Vivien Leigh. We couldn't afford to go together to the cinema, but she was always watching their movies on TV. "