Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu?, born June 6, 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His films explore themes of family relationships, memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.
Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).
He has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.
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