Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda: Maboroshi no hikari / Illusion / Maborosi (1995), Wandafuru raifu / Wonderful Life / After Life (1998), Dare mo shiranai / Nobody Knows (2004), Aruitemo aruitemo / Still Walking (2008) 4 x Blu-Ray British Film Institute
on October 15th, 2021 at 14:33
Filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda started his career in the world of television from 1987, from assistant director on various variety shows to eventually creating some well received documentaries for television in the early 1990s. His career in fiction filmmaking as a director started in 1995 and since then he has made thirteen features which from his debut onward have received high acclaim from critics and festivals, with his stature only growing in status as one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers working today, if not in all of Japanese cinema.
His dealings with family, blood ties, societal woes, children, life, and death through matters of everyday life and everyday people resonated with audiences worldwide, bringing an emotional depth with each of his works. He has worked in the genres of the samurai film, courtroom drama, and fantasy, but he is best known for his family dramas that evoke the works of Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Ken Loach while adding a personal touch that makes them quite his own. His films were not always box office successes as the personal and low key dramas were not made to be blockbusters, but his more recent works have been very successful financially at the Japanese cinemas and his past films continue to be rewatched and rediscovered by new fans.
The four films included in Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda celebrate the richness, diversity, beauty and humanity of the director’s work and are essential viewing for fans of contemporary world cinema.
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