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

47 Ronin is a very special movie for me. Not only a Samurai thing. Not only a Hollywood fantasy. It has a very special mixture between Japanese traditional culture and Western culture for the costume, set, story. Everything. I believe it will be a very special film that no one has ever seen.

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

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 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.