・(Previous text omitted) …So, you see, Kurosawa-san would spend his free time with us assistant directors, messing around with costumes and stuff. And when he did that, Kuro-san looked like he was having such a good time… And then, he’d just casually tell us all sorts of things. You know, do you know what Japanese films are missing?… It’s a sense of the seasons. Japanese films lack a sense of the seasons.
・”Reporters always ask me what the content of my film is and I tell them that there is no such a thing. I say ordinary things. A film is not supposed to be a lecture” Akira Kurosawa ~ Rashomon
・Making movies isn’t like a vending machine where you just put in coins and get a product… You have to shoot each scene carefully, piece by piece, and it’s only through that accumulation that it somehow comes together in the end…
・When climbing a mountain, the first thing they tell you is: don’t look at the summit, just watch your step and walk. Step by step, bit by bit, you make your way up… If you keep looking up, you’ll just wear yourself out… (Writing a script) is exactly the same… You just have to make it a habit and get used to it. You have to work hard to make the pain stop feeling like pain, to turn it into second nature…
Words of Akira Kurosawa
