In a 2009 interview, Kore-eda stated that Still Walking was based on his own family.
In October 2013 it won the Rogers People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival. His 2015 film Our Little Sister was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
His 2016 film After the Storm debuted to critical acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category.
Kore-eda is currently working the aptly titled Shoplifters, which is about a young girl that is welcomed in by a family of shoplifters. It is currently set for release in Japan in June 2018, to be distributed by Gaga Corporation.
