Koreeda Hirokazu was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. After graduating from Waseda University and directing TV documentaries, he made his feature film debut with Maborosi (1995). He subsequently directed After Life (1998) and Distance (2001), and his fourth work, Nobody Knows (2004), earned Yagira Yuya the award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, making him the youngest winner in the festival′s history. He won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son (2013) and the Palme d′Or for Shoplifters (2018). With Broker (2022), Song Kang-ho won Best Actor at Cannes, and with Monster (2023), Sakamoto Yuji won Best Screenplay at Cannes. His new film, Look Back, was invited to the Competition section of the Venice Film Festival.
