It was a black and white film [at first]. And then it changed to colour film, and I was surprised and culture shocked when I was six or seven years old. And then HD, then 3D now. So what's going? What's coming next? It's so exciting.

It's very difficult to introduce the world to our culture.

Especially for this film [ 47 ronin] there's a nice mixture between western and eastern. So Ronin wearing the boots, like Western style. It's a nice mixture.

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've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

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

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.