My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.

I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school.

Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.