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

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 t….

Action is just one of my skills..

I believe, the Japanese film industry must be open..

None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come. But soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children fee….

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

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

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 watc….

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good..

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

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

When i've done camera test, after we've shot and I've seen the monitor with the glasses (wearing a Kimono) and looking by myself in 3D. Oh my god. Es….

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 tradi….

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 o….

The difference between working on Asian and American films is in the producer and director; everyone has their own style. But, Hollywood has a lot mo….

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..

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 lea….

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

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

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