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" Privacy is not really a concept in Japan. "
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Privacy
Really
Japan
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" If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made. "
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" All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he was younger. It really irritated me, and I told them they had to sort things out between themselves. Looking back on that, I see that it was really cold of me as a son. "
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" I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a child, a director of family dramas for television. "
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" In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad. "
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" When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions. "
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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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" Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to. "
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" 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. "
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" The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices. "
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" We can see loss as something missing, but that missing space can be filled with something else, and that creates healing. "
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" You only get back what you are prepared to put in. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I never want to be the all-knowing god of the story, manipulating what's to happen or the action. "
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" When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you. "
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" When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist. "
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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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" 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. "
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" A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. "
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" I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. "
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" I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders. "
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" 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. "
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" I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda. "
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" 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. "
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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 was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director. "
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