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

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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.

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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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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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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.

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

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As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult with their own parents about how to raise their children and rely on that to help raise them.

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

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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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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Director

Born: June 6th, 1962

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