Yamamoto began his career in a junior role at Japan’s largest film studio, Toho, the historic home of Akira Kurosawa and; but he left the company when he turned 30, fearing that he was on a path to becoming trapped in middle management.
So, first of all, I really, really love the work of Haruki Murakami. Here in Japan, we call the Murakami super fans “Harukists,” and I would describe myself as a devout Harukist. I’ve been thinking hard about how to make a film based on Murakami’s work since I was in my teens.
Well, we didn’t actually move to license the song. It’s true that we thought about it, but I heard from Tran Anh Hùng, the director of [the 2010 Murakami adaptation]what they paid for that Beatles song and I thought, “Oh well, that’s not going to be possible for us.”
This was a hypnotic slowburn movie. As if I was in the backseat just watching the world move by very slow. Great Pic!!!