"One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake." I wanted to make a movie that can't be pigeonholed. I want audiences to come out of this film not knowing what to say or what to think. [on making Takeshis'] The film is ambiguous, an ambiguity that reflects on Japan today, and a world in which nothing is clear. Once I made the film [Takeshis'], I realized it was about this feeling of vague disquiet in Japan and in the rest of the world, a feeling that is gaining on us, getting less vague. I don't like the way Tarantino treats violence. Pulp Fiction doesn't show realistic violence, but to show violence realistically, you need stamina. It's not easy. We've all had those nightmares. But individuals don't make war. Society makes war. My characters are oppressed, under pressure and irritated. And this impression probably affects the public, who walk out wondering, what next? Where do we go from here?