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Hirokazu Koreeda

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Hirokazu Koreeda

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Maborosi: Life Amidst Death

Chapter 2: In Memory: After Life and the Quest for Meaning

Chapter 3: Far From Home: Alienation and the Cult in Distance

Chapter 4: Why Nobody Knows: Family and Society in Modern Japan

Chapter 5: “More than the Flowers”: Revenge and Mercy in Hana yori mo naho

Chapter 6: After Ozu: Still Walking and the Modern Domestic Drama

Chapter 7: Breathless: Air Doll, Cinephilia and the City of Sadness

Chapter 8: Miracles Can Happen: Childhood Hopes and Dreams in I Wish

Chapter 9: Becoming a Father: Nature Versus Nurture in Like Father, Like Son

Chapter 10: “Every Living Requires Effort”: The Family of Women in Our Little Sister

Chapter 11: The Empty Table: Coping with Failure in After the Storm

Chapter 12: “Three Strikes and You're Out”: The Ambiguities of Justice in Koreeda's The Third Murder

Chapter 13: The Ties that Bind: Shoplifters and the Voluntary Family

Chapter 14: Travelling Abroad: Koreeda's International Career
A) True or False: Performance and Lies in La Vérité
B) Babies for Sale: Broker, Wanted Men and Unwanted Children

Chapter 15: Putting the Pieces Together: Who Is the Monster?
Bibliography
Notes

Product details

Published Nov 13 2025
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9781844574810
Imprint British Film Institute
Illustrations b/w halftones
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Cinema Two
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Alexander Jacoby

Alexander Jacoby is Lecturer in Film Studies at Ox…

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