Yoichi Sai

“It's been very stimulating. It's like the person I was and the person I currently am are facing each other, and the two versions of myself aren't necessarily always communicating well. At least that's how I'm viewing it now, how it's making me realize what I was concerned with back then. Of course, there's a connection between these older films and how I make movies today. We're still the same person, after all, and my first films have influenced my current style in many ways. But at the same time, seeing these films again have made me see anew how I've changed. It's been very interesting to see the large gap in what I'm preoccupied with today versus what I used to be preoccupied with.”