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

I've been wearing kimono for several years, and armor.

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

I believe, the Japanese film industry must be open.

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

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

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.