I started working in Hollywood, and sometimes misunderstood our culture. Luckily, we had a Japanese crew who has experience for the Samurai drama making for a long time. So I had a team. I felt relaxed and just do my ordinary job acting like a reward.

So does this feel like a successful correction to your point about really actually, perhaps for the first time, getting something right that actually was true to Japanese culture and Japanese history?

I had a pressure, of course, carrying our culture, introduced to the world. But more than pressure, I felt so much fun every day.