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22-723: Anamizu occupies the southeastern coastline of Noto Peninsula , facing the Sea of Japan on the east and south. Anamizu has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Anamizu is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2,352 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C. Parts of

44-608: A team of directors including Megumi Tsuno, Hiroshi Okuyama , and Takuma Sato on a nine-episode series called The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House , adapted from the manga Kiyo in Kyoto . In November 2022, Kore-eda disclosed that he had already completed shooting his next Japanese film, titled Monster . With post-production underway, Monster was scheduled for release in Japan on 2 June 2023. This release date positioned

66-692: A young girl who is welcomed in by a family of shoplifters , premiered at the Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Palme d'Or . It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . In 2018, he won the Donostia Award for his lifetime achievement at San Sebastián International Film Festival . In 2019, Kore-eda directed The Truth , starring Catherine Deneuve , Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke . It

88-721: Is his first film shot in Europe and not in his native language. In 2021, Kore-eda directed Broker . The film was shot in South Korea, featuring a predominantly South Korean cast and crew. It was first released on 8 June 2022. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury . In January 2022, it was announced that Kore-eda would be working with

110-557: The 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category. For his work on the film, he won the award for Best Director at the Yokohama Film Festival . Kore-eda won Best Film and Best Director Japan Academy Prizes for his film The Third Murder (2017), which also screened in the main competition of the 74th Venice International Film Festival . In 2018, his film, titled Shoplifters , about

132-585: The Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Film and Best Director for his film Nobody Knows . His 2008 film, Still Walking , also earned accolades, including Best Director at the 2009 Asian Film Awards , and the Golden Ástor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival . His 2013 film, Like Father, Like Son , premiered and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival . It eventually did not win, but it won

154-539: The Edo period Tokugawa shogunate . Following the Meiji restoration , the area was organised into Fugeshi District, Ishikawa . The village of Anamizu was established on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on August 10, 1903. Anamizu annexed the neighbouring villages of Shimazaki and Tobo on April 1, 1908; the villages of Kabuto and Sumiyoshi on March 31, 1954; and

176-631: The Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son , and won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters . Kore-eda's father was born in Taiwan before being conscripted into the Japanese military during World War II and detained in Siberia for three years after the end of the war. His paternal grandparents could not marry under Japanese law at

198-522: The Jury Prize , as well as a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury. In October 2013, the film won the Rogers People's Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival . Kore-eda's 2015 film, Our Little Sister , was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival , though it did not win. His 2016 film, After the Storm , debuted to critical acclaim at

220-479: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2011. Hirokazu Koreeda 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). He won

242-414: The cinema, but she was always watching their movies on TV. She stopped all family business or discussions to watch these movies. We would watch together. So I adored film – like her." After seeing Japan win the gold medal in men's volleyball at the 1972 Munich Olympics , he started playing in middle school. He rose to team captain in high school as a setter . He initially failed his entrance exams, but

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264-874: The film for a potential world premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival, a customary platform for Kore-eda. The film won the Queer Palm and the Best Screenplay Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival . According to the Harvard Film Archive , Kore-eda's works "reflect the contemplative style and pacing of such luminaries as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang ". Kore-eda is often compared to Yasujirō Ozu ; however, he has stated he feels more influenced by British director Ken Loach and Japanese director Mikio Naruse . In

286-583: The first Japanese to admit he contracted the disease via homosexual contact. The film ends with Yutaka’s condition having deteriorated, and he died of AIDS Complications on May 29th, 1994. In 1995, at the Venice Film Festival , his first fiction feature film Maborosi won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography. At the first Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in 1999, he won awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay for his film After Life . In 2005, he won

308-598: The peninsula are agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. According to Alexander Vovin , the name is derived from Ainu not 'cape' or noto 'big cape'. It is written with two ateji ( ad hoc kanji used for an unrelated word): 能 nō 'ability' and 登 tō/to 'ascend'. The area of the Noto Peninsula is divided into three regions. The Noto Peninsula features prominently in the Japanese film noir Zero Focus ( Zero no Shoten , 1961), directed by Yoshitaro Nomura . The film features breathtaking footage of

330-455: The peninsula's coast, along with an interesting dissection of the area's social distinctions. Noto Peninsula is also the setting of Hirokazu Koreeda 's second film Maborosi (1995) and Shōhei Imamura 's final film Warm Water Under a Red Bridge ( Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu , 2001). Suzu, the city located at the tip of the Noto Peninsula is the setting for the 2014 film Saihate Nite. The 2007 Noto earthquake on March 25, 2007 shook

352-455: The peninsula, causing one death and at least 170 injuries. Between May 2018 and June 2022 the northeastern tip of Noto experienced an earthquake swarm with over 20,000 earthquakes, including 10 with a magnitude over 4. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in May 2023. More than 200 died in the 2024 Noto earthquake on January 1, 2024. The Noto Peninsula was designated as a part of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems , awarded by

374-616: The time as they had the same last name, so they eloped to Taiwan where they could, which was then under Japanese colonial rule . He has cited this as a reason for his affinity toward Taiwan. Hirokazu Kore-eda was born on 6 June 1962 in Nerima , Tokyo , Japan. He is the youngest of three children, with two older sisters. From a young age, Kore-eda would spend time watching movies with his mother. He said through an interpreter, "My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman , Joan Fontaine , Vivien Leigh . We couldn't afford to go together to

396-596: The town are within the limits of the Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park . Per Japanese census data, the population of Anamizu has declined over the past 50 years. The area around Anamizu was part of ancient Noto Province . During the Sengoku Period (1467–1568), the area was contested between the Hatakeyama clan , Uesugi clan and Maeda clan , with the area becoming part of Kaga Domain under

418-540: The town government, and one public high school operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education. [REDACTED] Noto Railway - Nanao Line Noto Peninsula The Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō ) is a peninsula that projects north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū , the main island of Japan . Before the Meiji era , the peninsula belonged to Noto Province . The main industries of

440-423: The village of Morohashi on March 10, 1955. Anamizu and its surrounding area experienced the 2007 Noto earthquake on March 25, 2007, and the 2024 Noto earthquake on 1 January 2024. After the disaster, the survivors were housed in the municipal stadium named after sumo wrestler Endō , a native of Anamizu. Considered a local hero in his hometown, his sanshō trophies are displayed there. On 6 February 2024, Endō

462-761: Was accepted into Waseda University a year later. He graduated from Waseda University's Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in 1987. Before embarking on a career as a film director, Kore-eda worked as an assistant director on documentaries for television. He eventually transitioned into directing, and directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf , in 1991. He directed several other documentary films thereafter. One of his Documentaries, released in 1994, followed his friendship with AIDS sufferer Hirata Yutaka. The documentary, titled “August without him”, followed Kore-eda as he met with Yutaka and filmed his life between 1992 and 1994. During this period, he speaks openly on his condition, as well as being

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484-498: Was part of a delegation of wrestlers from the prefecture (along with Ōnosato , Kagayaki and former Tochinonada ); charged with symbolically presenting Governor Hiroshi Hase with the sums raised during the January tournament and donations from the Sumo Association. The economy of Anamizu is based on agriculture and commercial fishing . Anamizu has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by

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