A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. My way of creating, my style if you want to call it that, is something I was born with: it comes naturally. … Continue reading Born On This Day — March 23, 1910
I am often asked if there is anything special I do to make my films understood by foreigners. I reply that I am making my films as a Japanese as honestly as I can. So these films are understood by … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 21, 2013
With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. For truly … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, April 15, 2013
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working. I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 23, 2013
Take myself, subtract movies, and the result is zero. —Akira Kurosawa Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, January 30, 2013
With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. For truly … Continue reading In Their Words — December 14, 2012
It seems that, no matter what is happening to me in my personal life, I am always thinking about my work without even knowing it. The phenomenon resembles some kind of karma. In fact, my having become a film director, … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied. That’s why they can keep on working. I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, September 9, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 