Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda Trailers

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Hirokazu Kore-eda (born 6 June 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son and won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters.

Most Popular Hirokazu Kore-eda Trailers

Total trailers found: 63

Monster Trailer (2023)

02 June 2023

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

Shoplifters Trailer (2018)

02 June 2018

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs.

Broker Trailer (2022)

08 June 2022

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price.

Our Little Sister Trailer (2015)

13 June 2015

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Like Father, Like Son Trailer (2013)

24 September 2013

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth.

Ishibumi Trailer (2015)

01 August 2015

A memorial to the atomic annihilation of 321 students at Hiroshima Middle School.

Sway Trailer (2006)

08 July 2006

A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.

Nobody Knows Trailer (2004)

07 August 2004

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Sheep in the Box Trailer (2026)

29 May 2026

Set in the near future, Otone Komoto works as an architect. She is married to Kensuke Komoto, who runs a construction company.

Maborosi Trailer (1995)

01 October 1995

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Still Walking Trailer (2008)

28 June 2008

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Air Doll Trailer (2009)

26 September 2009

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi.

The Truth Trailer (2019)

10 October 2019

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child.

Hana Trailer (2006)

03 June 2006

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father.

I Wish Trailer (2011)

11 June 2011

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

After Life Trailer (1999)

17 April 1999

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

After the Storm Trailer (2016)

21 May 2016

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective.

HAJIKERU Trailer (2022)

22 January 2022

Highschool graduate Natsumi lives in a provincial town with her estranged mother, working an unfulfilled job at a supermarket among gossips of conservative townspeople.

The Third Murder Trailer (2017)

09 September 2017

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

Distance Trailer (2001)

26 May 2001

On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.

Making 'Still Walking' Trailer (2009)

23 January 2009

A documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still Walking.

Kaidan Horror Classics Trailer (2010)

23 August 2010

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

Wild Berries Trailer (2003)

06 September 2003

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema Trailer (2026)

19 February 2026

After the COVID-19 pandemic, Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho, at eighty-five, picks up a camcorder for the first time and decides to make a documentary.

However... Trailer (1991)

30 April 1991

Kore-eda started as a documentary maker with this beautiful portrait about the life and work of the head of Japanese social work.

The Message from Fukushima Trailer (2012)

15 September 2012

Short documentary about the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Any Crybabies Around? Trailer (2020)

20 November 2020

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

Beautiful Islands Trailer (2010)

10 July 2010

This movie (Executive Producer - KORE-EDA Hirokaz) looks at three beautiful islands, shaken by climate change: Tuvalu in the South Pacific, Venice in Italy, and Shishmaref in Alaska.

The Center Lane Trailer (2021)

29 March 2021

Diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019, Japanese competitive swimmer Rikako Ikee returns to her destiny: the center lane, in Hirokazu Kore-eda's short film for skincare brand SK-II.

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang Trailer (1993)

01 September 1993

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the commercial films which had preceded it.

A Making of Nobody Knows Trailer (2004)

23 December 2004

The making of the movie "Nobody Knows" by award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Homeland Trailer (2014)

01 March 2014

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture.

Jiseok Trailer (2022)

06 October 2022

On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while on a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang Trailer (2023)

17 November 2023

CHEN Ming-chang, exposed to Western music, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, often taught himself to play and sing with a guitar when he was young.

Kakuto Trailer (2003)

26 July 2003

A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends get way in over their heads when they inadvertently lose a stash of drugs they're meant to deal to their friends.

Live Fukushima: Kaze to Rock Super Nomaoi Trailer (2012)

31 March 2012

Tobira no muko Rock kashu miyamoto hiroji to iu ikikata Trailer (2004)

01 April 2004

Ten Years Japan Trailer (2018)

03 November 2018

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

Without Memory Trailer (1996)

28 December 1996

A father loses his short-term memory as a result of a botched medical procedure, which causes him to develop Wernicke's Encephalopathy.

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

The film takes shape through the form of a video exchange between Hirokazu Kore-eda and Naomi Kawase. Each films the world around them and intimately reflects on their individual struggles with making films. Kore-eda self-consciously reflects on his process, “What does a camera shoot?

National Theatre Live: After Life Trailer (2021)

25 November 2021

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death.

Soul Sketches - Every Person's Kenji Miyazawa Trailer (1993)

30 December 1993

So I Can Be Alright: Cocco's Endless Journey Trailer (2008)

13 December 2008

A documentary about the J-pop / folk rock singer Cocco.

Series Constitution. Article 9: War Renunciation "Oblivion" Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Part of the documentary project that each company competed on the theme of the Constitution of Japan.

Yottsu no shibu jikoku Trailer (1993)

31 December 1993

Birthplace Trailer (2003)

25 April 2003

Makiko Esumi and Hirokazu Kore-eda revisit Wajima, the setting of 'Maborosi'

Where Has All the Pollution Gone? Trailer (1991)

30 December 1991

Where Has All The Pollution Gone? exposes air pollution caused by Japan’s largest Kawasaki Steel Corp.

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Trailer (2014)

01 October 2014

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world.

Kiki Kirin's Life Trailer (2019)

04 October 2019

This documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15, 2018. The documentary is the first long-term, in-depth coverage of Ki-kin, and is a re-edited version of the NHK documentary of the same title that was broadcast on September 26, 2006, adding previously unseen footage.

Once upon a time... "Shoplifters" Trailer (2021)

19 May 2021

How did an intimate film made on a modest budget win a Palme d'Or and attract 4 million viewers in Japan? With its principal craftsmen, including one-man band Hirokazu Kore-eda, we take a look back at a little gem of cinema made.

My Small Land Trailer (2022)

06 May 2022

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions.

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera Trailer (2023)

22 October 2023

She worked with the world’s greatest actors and directors: Buñuel, Mastroianni, Lellouche, Depardieu.

THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN Trailer (2026)

03 July 2026

The landmark Japanese Tokusatsu TV series Ultraman became a massive social phenomenon upon its debut in 1966, reaching a staggering peak viewership rating of 42.

I Wish I Could Be Japanese Trailer (1992)

29 June 1992

The film deals with the rights of Japanese-Koreans -born in Japan but without Japanese passport or nationality- and the social rejection that they face if they don’t integrate completely, abandoning their Korean identity.

Lessons from a Calf Trailer (1991)

30 September 1991

An elementary school in Japan begins an experimental program that frames the students' curriculum around one single project: the raising of a calf from adolescence to adulthood.

A Story on the Shore Trailer (2019)

01 June 2019

KORE-EDA Hirokazu, who won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, is a friend of mine for 20 years.

Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri Trailer (2003)

22 March 2003

Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main char"

August Without Him Trailer (1994)

30 August 1994

Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex.

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' Trailer (1989)

01 April 1989

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues Trailer (2025)

17 May 2025

Ten years after the first documentary, the legend of the Palme d’Or… continues. Some new laureates of the Cannes trophy relive, for us, the very special moments surrounding the awarding of the Palme d’Or.