FILM DIRECTOR

Hirokazu Kore-eda

1962 - Today

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Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu, born 6 June 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hirokazu Kore-eda has received more than 1,424,380 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hirokazu Kore-eda is the 249th most popular film director (up from 403rd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 603rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hirokazu Kore-eda ranks 249 out of 2,041. Before him are Bertrand Tavernier, Víctor Erice, John Sturges, Lucio Fulci, Karel Zeman, and G. W. Pabst. After him are Tsui Hark, Edward Dmytryk, Patrice Chéreau, Frank Darabont, Assi Dayan, and Julien Duvivier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hirokazu Kore-eda ranks 46. Before him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Dino Merlin, Christiane F., Jordan Belfort, Gerardo Martino, and Kirk Hammett. After him are Dave Gahan, Emilio Estevez, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ferenc Krausz, Axl Rose, and Marcia Cross.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda ranks 343 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Doihara (1883), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Izumo no Okuni (1572), and Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127). After him are Emperor Chōkei (1343), Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840), Hideo Sakai (1909), and Emperor Go-Toba (1180).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda ranks 10. Before him are Isao Takahata (1935), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Shohei Imamura (1926), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), and Nagisa Oshima (1932). After him are Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Satoshi Kon (1963), and Mikio Naruse (1905).

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