"The way I look at life is like two sides of a hand. One side, there is despair, but on the other side is hope. So, if you are in d...

"I have always believed since I was a child that beautiful things were true." - Keisuke Kinoshita

"Since many years now I happen to think of Portugal when I make my films. It's something that comes from (Manoel de) Oliveira, Cés...

"When I write a script, I have the entire film in my head, so when we start shooting, I just do it. I am more interested in the editin...

"I've made various types of films: period dramas, modern dramas, films set in the Meiji period. But I don't make any distincti...

"The reason I take this approach to filmmaking is, although film needs a fictional story element, it also is a medium that allows you ...

"For me, to be a true thinker is to express your thoughts, so whether by means of literature, other writings, theater or film, a think...

"My goal is to create an exaggerated depiction featuring only the ideas and passions of living human beings. In Japanese society, whic...

"My hatred for Japanese cinema includes absolutely all of it." - Nagisa Oshima

"If my films are political, it is because I do not go and throw grenades myself ." - Koji Wakamatsu

"In general, the roman-porno audience wants to see something they can't experience in everyday life. These people get excited about...

"I believe [film violence] has no effect on an audience. Personally, I can attest to this fact. I do not become aggressive when I watch...

"I've always wanted to ask questions about the Japanese, because it's the only people I'm qualified to describ...

"This is the first time I have said this: for me, to make a film is not to show or to convince someone of something. I make films becau...

"Our existence is a dream. Let's live like crazies." - Seijun Suzuki

"Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can ...

"My films are about people, not biology." - Tatsumi Kumashiro

"Since that time, I couldn't figure out what to do to make a good film. What can a director bequeath to posterity? I began to find ...