{
  "id": 16304895,
  "title": "Kore-eda Hirokazu Explains Why He Never Films Children Crying – and What Ken Loach and Hou Hsiao-hsien Taught Him",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/kore-eda-hirokazu-explains-why-he-never-films-children-crying-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-24T08:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/kore-eda-hirokazu-why-never-films-children-crying-1236930180/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose films are known for their natural performances from child actors, said there is one thing he has decided never to put on screen: a child crying. “It’s not that I can’t, or that it’s difficult. I don’t shoot it,” the Japanese director said at an In Conversation event at the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}