Kore-Eda Hirokazu

By Marc Yamada

Book Overview

Films like Shoplifters and After the Storm have made Kore-eda Hirokazu one of the most acclaimed auteurs working today. Critics often see Kore-eda as a director steeped in the Japanese tradition defined by Yasujirō Ozu. Marc Yamada, however, views Kore-eda's work in relation to the same socioeconomic concerns explored by other contemporary international filmmakers. Yamada reveals that a type of excess, not the minimalism associated with traditional aesthetics, defines Kore-eda's trademark humanism. This excess manifests in small moments when a desire for human connection exceeds the logic of the institutions and policies formed by the neoliberal values that have shaped modern-day Japan. As Yamada shows, Kore-eda captures the shared spaces formed by bodies that move, perform, and assemble in ways that express the humanistic impulse at the core of the filmmaker's expanding worldwide appeal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252087267
• ISBN13: 9780252087264
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"