I think it's very hard to direct foreign language actors, but Carl Rinsch found a great way. A special super visional way.

I've done Last Samurai in Japan, in LA, in New Zealand. Even in Japan it is very hard to shoot, because there's been so many changes. Only around a temple can we shoot.

I think it's very hard to direct foreign language actors, but Carl Rinsch found a great way. A special super visional way.

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

I saw a lot of 47 Ronin on the TV, in the films, and I've done Chushingura Gaiden Yotsuya Kaidan [Crest of Betrayal, 1994] directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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

A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.