Veteran director Hirokazu Kore-eda says his Cannes Palme d’Or-winning film “Shoplifters” aims to shine a light on social problems in Japan, which he says are still under-portrayed in the country’s cinema production. In an interview with AFP in Tokyo, Kore-eda also said he aims to start shooting his next film in Paris this year and has already auditioned some actors for the roles. READ ALSO: Amazon blocks Australia from global sitesKore-eda scooped the top prize at the Cannes film festival with a movie described as a “modern-day ‘Oliver Twist’,” about a bunch of misfits and crooks in Tokyo who form a family. I don’t know anything.”“I’ll go there to work out the lay of the land,” after “Shoplifter” opens in Japan, he added. “I was 50 percent hope, 50 percent fear, but as the auditions went on, the hope ratio won out.

Source: Punch May 31, 2018 09:56 UTC