Kiyoshi Kurosawa was born in 1955. Pulse was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Tokyo Sonata (2008) won the Jury Prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, and Best Film at the 2009 Asian Film Awards. Kurosawa's miniseries Penance (2011) was screened out of competition at the 2012 Venice Film Festival. Recent works include Journey to the Shore (2014), winner of Best Director in Cannes' Un Certain Regard and Daguerreotype (2016), Kurosawa's first overseas production, with a French cast and crew.