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Hirokazu Koreeda

Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor (born 1962)

10.65body-of-work score · ranked #72 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 6, 1962 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, film producer, film editor, film screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Hirokazu Koreeda
Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Shoplifters万引き家族Must-See #87

    2018 · Japan · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 2018 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2018 #1 · Japan Academy Prize winner 2019

    3.565 citations
  2. 2
    Nobody Knows誰も知らない

    2004 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2004 #1 · Letterboxd Top 250 #60 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #33

    1.453 citations
  3. 3
    Our Little Sister海街ｄｉａｒｙ

    2015 · Japan · drama

    Japan Academy Prize winner 2016 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2015 #4

    1.182 citations
  4. 4
    The Third Murder三度目の殺人

    2017 · Japan · drama

    Japan Academy Prize winner 2018 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2017 #8

    1.072 citations
  5. 5
    Still Walking歩いても 歩いても

    2008 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2008 #5 · Letterboxd Top 250 #118 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #26

    0.984 citations
  6. 6
    Maborosi幻の光

    1995 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1995 #4 · Ebert's annual top 10 1997 #4

    0.652 citations
  7. 7
    Monster怪物

    2023 · Japan · drama, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2023 #7 · Letterboxd Top 250 #120

    0.552 citations
  8. 8
    Like Father, Like Sonそして父になる

    2013 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2013 #6 · Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #46

    0.542 citations
  9. 9
    Air Doll空気人形

    2009 · Japan · sci-fi

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2009 #6

    0.361 citation
  10. 10
    After Lifeワンダフルライフ

    1998 · Japan · fantasy, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1999 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #1089

    0.332 citations

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.