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Hirokazu Koreeda has been appointed as one of the jury members for the 77th Cannes Film Festival’s competition section.

The festival awards the highest prize, the Palme d’Or, and will be held from May 14 in Cannes, France.

Koreeda becomes the second Japanese director to serve on the jury since Naomi Kawase in 2013.

He is an internationally acclaimed director, and many of his films have been in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, with “Manbiki Kazoku” (“Shoplifters”) winning the Palme d’Or in 2018.

Twenty-two films have been selected for this year’s competition section. Unfortunately, no Japanese films are in the race.