Young filmmakers looking to follow in Hirokazu Kore-eda's footsteps ...
With his win of the Palme d'Or at Cannes for the family drama "Shoplifters," Hirokazu Kore-eda has joined the short list of Japanese directors acknowledged as masters by the outside world. Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa head that list, with Kore-eda's own favorite, Mikio Naruse, a rank below.
