Action is just one of my skills.

This is a good thing, mixing culture to make something new, something no one has ever seen. This is kind of a new history.

I was a child actor, so when I started filming when I was five years old, it was a long time ago.

Carl Rinsch has a good balance between the visual and the drama and action, so I thought if he's going to direct, we can make a new, epic film. My fear was gone when I met him.

I am glad to be here to create a new history in our industry. I'm very proud of this.

Keanu Reeves learned a lot, respecting the culture. I was surprised when I first met him. He knew a lot already and he learned a lot. And also he learned Japanese. It's incredible. On the set, switching between the Japanese and English, even for us, is very hard. It's complicated. But the first time Keanu spoke in Japanese it was a very important scene between us, and more than the dialogue's meaning, I was moved. His energy for the film, completely perfect Japanese pronunciation. It was moving, surprising, respecting.

This is almost the most famous story The last samurai - Samurai story - in Japan.