Sachiko Kobayashi

“Back then, in Japan, there really weren’t any public universities that had filmmaking programs or departments. There was one place called the Nihon University but the tuition was incredibly expensive so it was really difficult to go to. So, how then do people learn filmmaking? The most common way that people chose to do it was to go into big film studios and apply to be an Assistant Director and pass that test and then work up towards being a director.”