Why this filmmaker matters
Hidehiro Kawai has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Composer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Hidehiro Kawai has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Kawai set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Ryo Kishimoto
Original Music Composer
5 shared titles · And Yet, You Are So Sweet
Tsukasa Inoue
Original Music Composer
5 shared titles · And Yet, You Are So Sweet

Maaya Uchida
Actor
2 shared titles · The Relative Worlds

Inori Minase
Actor
2 shared titles · The Relative Worlds

Mai Shiraishi
Actor
2 shared titles · Usogui

Kaito Sakurai
Actor
2 shared titles · Usogui

Kaito Ishikawa
Actor
2 shared titles · Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend

Asami Seto
Actor
2 shared titles · Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend

Nao Toyama
Actor
2 shared titles · Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend

Soichi Masui
Director
2 shared titles · Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend

Masahiro Yokotani
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend
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