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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.

~Hirokazu Kore-Eda

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

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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 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.

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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.

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It's definitely good to have a hit from time to time, though not too often. If you have a few hits in a row, people start to think every film you make will be a hit, which is a big mistake.

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I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders.

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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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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Director

Born: June 6th, 1962

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