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Hirokazu Kore-eda On His Next Project, A Samurai-Focused Streaming Series & Why Japan’s Film Industry Is In Danger: “Staff Are Not Making A Living”
Hirokazu Kore-eda won best director at the Asian Film Awards Sunday for 'Monster.'
The veteran Japanese filmmaker behind titles like the Palme d’Or-winning Shoplifters and Still Walking continued his hot streaking landing his third directing honor from the Asian Academy Sunday night for his last feature, Monster. While the repeat Hamaguchi-Kore-eda leading double solidified a new era of dominance for Japanese cinema in the region, Kore-eda told Deadline the success is not reflective of the conditions endured by film workers back home. Debuting at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it picked up the Best Screenplay award for writer Yuji Sakamoto, Monster follows a single mother who suspects there is something wrong at her son’s school when he starts behaving strangely.
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