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Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese director

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Born
June 6, 1962
Age in 2026
64
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1962

About Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda 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) and Still Walking (2008). At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Kore-eda's first fiction feature film, Maborosi, won a Golden Osella for Best Cinematography. For Like Father, Like Son (2013) and Shoplifters (2018), he won the Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize and Palme d'Or, respectively. He directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda timeline

  1. He directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991.
  2. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Kore-eda's first fiction feature film, Maborosi, won a Golden Osella for Best Cinematography.
  3. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004) and Still Walking (2008).
  4. For Like Father, Like Son (2013) and Shoplifters (2018), he won the Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize and Palme d'Or, respectively.

The world when Hirokazu Kore-eda was born

Hirokazu Kore-eda was born in 1962. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1962

  • #1 song"I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
  • Top movieLawrence of Arabia
  • Top TV showThe Beverly Hillbillies
  • Best-selling bookA Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA game
  • Top headlineCuban Missile Crisis — world comes closest to nuclear war
  • Technology milestoneJohn Glenn orbits the Earth
  • Defining fadJames Bond mania (Dr. No released)
  • Notable inventionLED (light-emitting diode)
  • World population3.14 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn F. Kennedy
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population186.5M

1962 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hirokazu Kore-eda's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19622026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,800$435,000
Average income$7,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.70$11.95
Postage stamp$0.04$0.73
Population186.5M341 million

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