[on Hadaka no shima (1960)] The film was made as a 'cinematic poem' to try and capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature.
I have always had the souls of the 94 with me and have made them the theme of my existence.
[on his parents in labor] The backbreaking labor of wheat harvesting and the grueling job of threshing by hand with primitive implements.
I am a believer in Socialism. I can say that I am a socialist.
My mind was always on the commoners, not on the lords, politicians or anyone of name and fame.
