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" In the eighties, there was a huge shift in the humor of Japanese television. Up until then, the humor was garnered by people who said humorous things, but in the '80s, it was garnered by people who were being laughed at while the audience watches and watches. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Television

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Humor

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't really like something serious depicted in a serious way; that's not my style. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm so entranced by what unfolds in front of the camera. It seems wonderfully out of my control. "

" We can see loss as something missing, but that missing space can be filled with something else, and that creates healing. "

" Privacy is not really a concept in Japan. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders. "

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I Am

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" Japanese society doesn't have a god - no absolute presence. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such European values. "

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

" Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to. "

" When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director. "

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

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

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