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GR: The Princess Blade seems to have a pretty bleak vision of humanity and the future. Are you a pessimist? SS: Not at all. I like happy and hopeful endings. I wrote alternate, more optimistic, endings, but choose the darker ending. We discussed this matter again and again. For this film, I decided the pessimistic ending was more surprising, unusual, and dangerous. |
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GR: What will The Princess Blade's sequel be like? SS: We are writing a new script that will not be connected to the comic. GR: How did you become a director? Have you always wanted to direct movies? SS: I made some independent films when I was a college student. It was so much fun, I have been a director ever since. GR: Has your job as a video game developer affected you as a filmmaker? SS: To struggle with the many constraints of filmmaking is a kind of a game. In contract, creating characters and images for a game world is relaxing. When I went back to movies, I tried to carry on the free atmospheric air of game making, but I don't think I make films differently. GR: What is your latest film, Cosmic Rescue, about? Did it really premiere on an IMAX screen and did you film it to be shown at that size? SS: No, I didn't intend that. The premiere was a collaboration with IMAX. Cosmic Rescue is a sci-fi movie about three guys who have a curious accident in outer space and become involved in a government plot. Japanese space movies are very rare, and fortunately audiences really love this one. A lot of girls have been watching the movie since it stars a famous idol group. |