'Actor or Actress: Matsuoka Mayu and Kore-eda Hirokazu Discuss
Matsuoka Mayu and Kore-eda Hirokazu Discuss
Japan’s film
industry is beginning to talk through some of its long-held ways of working
The pair
previously worked together on Kore-eda’s 2018 Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Shoplifters” and upcoming Netflix
Kore-eda said
that when he filmed 2019 drama “The Truth” in France, he discovered that 40% of the crew
Appropriate provisions
were made for those with small children, including day-care
This was
“a system completely instituted in the whole society
The tight
schedules of Japanese film shoots, with ten days for a two-hour film common, make anything
“It would
be better if everyone had more time to sleep and spend with their families,” Matsuoka
Another issue
raised was the all-too-common use of verbal and physical abuse
Matsuoka said
she had never seen “anyone yell or say something scary” on Kore-eda’s shoots
The director
said that had come to dislike raised voices on the set when he made his
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