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Hirokazu Kore-eda
FilmmakerKnown for:
Shoplifters (2018), Nobody Knows (2004)
Education:
Waseda University (literature, 1987); self-taught filmmaker
Hirokazu Kore-eda began his career directing television documentaries before making features that draw on documentary methods - natural light, non-professional child actors, loosely scripted scenes - to examine family, memory, and grief in contemporary Japan. Nobody Knows (2004) drew an extraordinary performance from 14-year-old Yûya Yagira, who won Best Actor at Cannes. Shoplifters (2018) won the Palme d'Or.
Hirokazu Kore-eda's Gear List(1)
ARRI
Connection Source
KodakWebsite
Connection note
Single Arricam ST on Shoplifters (2018); insists on shooting film with one camera only
Product description
ARRI's flagship 35mm sync-sound studio camera, introduced in 2000 as a replacement for the Arriflex 535 line. It was ARRI's first 35mm silent camera to use displacement magazines instead of coaxial ones. Features dual-pin registration, dual pull-down claws, and an electronically adjustable mirror shutter (0-180 degrees in 0.1-degree increments) with crystal motors accurate to 1/1000 fps.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
