I was very comfortable on the set of Lost. I was so nervous when I went on to the set because I had just watched all the Lost episodes. I was, like, a fan. A big fan.

When I was eight or nine years old, I saw the TV version of 47 Ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune. He played Oishi. That was my first experience. I watched every week with my brother. "Who plays Oishi tonight? Who will play Kira tonight?" And we fought every week.

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

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

Action is just one of my skills.

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.