Danh ngôn của Hirokazu Kore-eda (Sứ mệnh: 6)

The Japanese don't have a specific religion, but a spirituality. A cap, shoes, and a table have a spirituality. When you eat an apple, you don't say you eat it: you say, 'I am receiving it.' Kind of like you are thanking the food.
A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation.
We can see loss as something missing, but that missing space can be filled with something else, and that creates healing.
I would say that 'After the Storm' is much more informed by my personal life than my other movies.