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" My grandfather had Alzheimer's. He would eat everything and anything that was around; then he wouldn't remember that he ate it and would demand to be fed again. "

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

Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

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

" Maybe family is an eternal subject for me. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Family

Subject

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

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

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

" With 'Nobody Knows,' I consciously set out to make a fiction film, which is a different approach from 'Distance,' but I still applied a lot of the things I learned from making 'Distance': for example, how to use the camera in relation to the children and how to create the right atmosphere on set. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Japanese feel an intimacy with the dead, at least for people up to my generation. "

" I think a lot of Japanese morals are built around what the dead would think of us. "

" The children in 'Nobody Knows' had a resonance with me. The children are projections of myself. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Myself

Had

" 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. "

" I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. "

" 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. "

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

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Show

Opportunity

" 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. "

" A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation. "

" 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 have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced. "

" I'm less interested in death itself than in people whose lives are touched by it. "

" 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. "

" I never want to be the all-knowing god of the story, manipulating what's to happen or the action. "

" 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. "

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

" The Japanese don't have a specific religion, but a spirituality. A cap, shoes, and a table have a spirituality. When you eat an apple, you don't say you eat it: you say, 'I am receiving it.' Kind of like you are thanking the food. "

" Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge. "