Life and work
Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor. Born: 6 June 1962. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Japan.
Director · Writer/Creator · 1962–
Hirokazu Koreeda
Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor. Born on 6 June 1962, this profile follows Hirokazu Koreeda through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Shoplifters (2018). The location trail reaches Tsukiji Outer Market, Heian Jingū · Kyoto production location and Tokyo Comedy Bar, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Shoplifters · Tsukiji Outer Market
Hirokazu Koreeda is credited as director and writer on Shoplifters. The work’s existing location story leads to Tsukiji Outer Market. Tsukiji Outer Market is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Shoplifters’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Heian Jingū · Kyoto production location ↗︎
Shoplifters — Heian Jingū · Kyoto production location
Heian Jingū · Kyoto production location is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Shoplifters’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
97 Okazaki Nishitennocho, Kyoto
Open street map ↗︎Tsukiji Outer Market ↗︎
Shoplifters — Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji Outer Market is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Shoplifters’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
4 Chome-16-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Tokyo Comedy Bar ↗︎
Shoplifters — Tokyo Comedy Bar
Tokyo Comedy Bar is included as verified theatre context for exploring Shoplifters. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
Tokyo Comedy Bar, tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Toyosu Pit ↗︎
Shoplifters — Toyosu Pit
Toyosu Pit is included as verified theatre context for exploring Shoplifters. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
23 江東区
Open street map ↗︎WWW ↗︎
Shoplifters — WWW
WWW is included as verified theatre context for exploring Shoplifters. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
渋谷区
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1962-06-06
Born 6 June 1962
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Shoplifters ↗︎
Shoplifters
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Tokyo ↗︎
Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.
Shoplifters ↗︎
Peripheral streets, small shops and domestic space locate family life away from the skyline shorthand of central Tokyo.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Sakura Andō ↗︎
Sakura Andō is a Japanese actress. Born on 18 February 1986, this profile follows Sakura Andō through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Shoplifters (2018). The location trail reaches Tsukiji Outer Market, Heian Jingū · Kyoto production location and Tokyo Comedy Bar, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.