Hirokazu Kore-eda, Cannes Prize-Winning ‘Monster’ Filmmaker, Signs With UTA

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has actually authorized Hirokazu Kore- eda, the worldwide renowned Japanese filmmaker understood for titles like Monster and Shoplifters, for depiction in all locations.

The bargain is specifically substantial, Deadline listens to, as the company remains to broaden its existence in Japan, and throughout Asia much more extensively. Kore- eda will certainly function very closely moving forward with UTA’s Asia Business Development department, which wants to magnify Asian and Asian-American voices by producing and curating a varied selection of chances, in between Hollywood and Asia, for customers, companion firms, and brand names.

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