KORE-EDA Hirokazu (1962, Tokyo, Japan) studied at Waseda University while planning to become a writer, but eventually made many prize-winning television documentaries first. Ever since his debut feature, Maborosi (1995), all his work has been presented in Rotterdam. Eventually Kore-eda also plublished a novel: But ... A Welfare Bureaucrat: A Trace to Death.
Shikashi... fukushi kirisute no jidaini/However... (1991), Mo hitotsu no kyoku - Ina shogakko haru gumi no kiroku/Lessons from a Calf (1991), Nihonjin ni naritakatta (1992), Shinshu sukechi - Sorezono Miyazawa Kenji (1993), Yottsu no shibu jikoku (1993), Eiga ga jidai o utsusutoki - Hou Hsiao-Hsien to Edward Yang (1993), Kareno inai hachigatsu ga/August Without Him (1994), Maborosi no hikari/Maborosi (1995), Kioku-ga ushenawareta-toki/Without Memory (1997, doc), Wandafuru raifu/After Life (1998), Distance (2001), Dare mo shiranai/Nobody Knows (2004), Hana yori mo naho/Hana (2006), Aruitemo aruitemo/Still Walking (2008), Kuki ningyo/Air Doll (2009), Kaidan - Horror Classics (2010, segment Nochi no hi/The Days After), Kiseki/I Wish (2011)