Why `Shoplifters´ Director Hirokazu Kore-eda is Cannes´ Favorite Japanese Auteur
(WorldNews Japan)

Japanese film `Shoplifters` been described as a surprise winner of the Cannes Film Festival´s Palme d´Or. That may have more to do with the director Hirokazu Kore-eda´s steady output and six previous appearances in Cannes, rather than any slight against his latest humanist drama, which is both familiar and inventive. Cannes jury president Cate Blanchett […] ......