---
name: "Kaoru Matsuzaki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kaoru-matsuzaki"
fi1m_id: "kaoru-matsuzaki"
imdb_id: "nm3022813"
tmdb_id: 1125606
wikidata_id: "Q112110189"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T01:18:11.429433+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kaoru Matsuzaki

## Identity

Kaoru Matsuzaki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kaoru-matsuzaki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kaoru-matsuzaki
- **IMDb ID:** nm3022813
- **TMDB ID:** 1125606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112110189
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112110189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3022813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125606

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Hirokazu Kore-eda](https://film.one/person/hirokazu-kore-eda.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 89 (1), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112110189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3022813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125606

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Shoplifters*](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) (89)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kaoru Matsuzaki is a Japanese film producer. She has frequently collaborated with director Hirokazu Kore-eda, serving as producer on several of his features.

Her credits include *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), *Our Little Sister* (2015), *After the Storm* (2016), *The Third Murder* (2017) and *Shoplifters* (2018). She is also producer on the forthcoming *Sheep in the Box* (2026). Earlier work encompasses *Norwegian Wood* (2010), on which she was associate producer, and other titles such as *Thermae Romae* (2012).

Matsuzaki received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for *Shoplifters*, and has additional award nominations and wins associated with her productions.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, asianwiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *Confession* (2024), Associate Producer
- *Monster* (2023), Associate Producer
- *Not Quite Dead Yet* (2020), Producer
- *Shoplifters* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)
- *The Third Murder* (2017), Producer
- *After the Storm* (2016), Producer
- *Our Little Sister* (2015), Producer
- *Time Trip App* (2014), Producer
- *Climbing to Spring* (2014), Producer
- *Judge!* (2014), Producer
- *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), Producer
- *Thermae Romae* (2012), Producer
- *Norwegian Wood* (2010), Producer
- *The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity* (2009), Producer
- *Honokaa Boy* (2009), Producer
- *Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace* (2006), Producer
- *NO RESPECT* (2000), as Kaoru Kageyama
- *TV WAR* (1986), Producer
- *Untitled Hirokazu Kore-eda Film*, Executive Producer

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