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I Like Silent Pictures And I Always Have ... I Wanted To Restore Some Of This Beauty. I Thought Of It, I Remember In This Way: One Of Techniques Of Modern Art Is Simplification, And That I Must Therefore Simplify This Film.

I Like Unformed Characters. This May Be Because, No Matter How Old I Get, I Am Still Unformed Myself.

People Today Have Forgotten They're Really Just A Part Of Nature. Yet, They Destroy The Nature On Which Our Lives Depend. They Always Think They Can Make Something Better... They Don't Know It, But They're Losing Nature. They Don't See That They're Going To Perish. The Most Important Things For Human Beings Are Clean Air And Clean Water.

During The Shooting Of A Scene The Director’s Eye Has To Catch Even The Minutest Detail. But This Does Not Mean Glaring Concentratedly At The Set. While The Cameras Are Rolling, I Rarely Look Directly At The Actors, But Focus My Gaze Somewhere Else. By Doing This I Sense Instantly When Something Isn’t Right. Watching Something Does Not Mean Fixing Your Gaze On It, But Being Aware Of It In A Natural Way. I Believe This Is What The Medieval Noh Playwright And Theorist Zeami Meant By ‘watching With A Detached Gaze.’

A Truly Good Movie Is Enjoyable Too. There’s Nothing Complicated About It.