Maybe that's what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child

You should despair and run away.

Actually I think CGI has the potential to equal or even surpass what the human hand can do.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

You never know how a film will play, whether it will be successful or not, or whether it will touch the audience. I always said to myself that whatever happens, big audience or small, that I would not let the results have an impact on my way of working. But it would be a bit silly for me to change my methods when I have a big success. That means my methods work well.

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.' And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making.