00:10The Best Director Award goes to National Treasure Director D. Mitsui.
00:15thank you
00:16The Best Director Award goes to the national treasure, Director D. Mitsui.
00:20Please come to the stage.
00:43Now, Director Lee, please say a few words.
00:47You must be exhausted after such a long time. I can see the fatigue. Was this more than 20 years ago?
00:56This is the first time I've stood here, thanks to the movie "Fragal."
00:59But at that time there was alcohol and lots of food and this time
01:06When that happens, there are quite a few drunk people, and it's amazing how the film industry is like this.
01:11I remember that place as if it were yesterday.
01:16Well, yes, this movie is really like an all-out battle, or rather, a real action movie.
01:25Without Yu and the others' dedication, it simply wouldn't work at all.
01:28As I mentioned earlier, the power of these staff members really shines through in every corner.
01:34Because it's overflowing and filling the entire screen,
01:37I am truly confident that I was able to touch people's hearts.
01:42I still don't understand the true meaning of how to make a film.
01:46I don't have a specific reason, but I have this urge to create something like this.
01:51Often, I'm driven solely by a urge to do something.
01:55But I think that impulse probably affected the staff and the actors as well.
02:00Everyone still believes in me.
02:03There is a lot of trust and respect from various people, and that's what makes a director...
02:07I still feel that things are able to exist.
02:14I was entrusted with this film by Mr. Yoshida, and it was the first thing I decided to make into a movie.
02:20I had that thought quite a while ago, maybe five, six, or even seven years ago.
02:23It might be that the world felt this way to me back then, or rather, the beauty
02:31I wanted to make a great movie.
02:35At that time, well, there are a lot of terrible situations right now, but look
02:42Actually, that Japanese film already existed around that time, and various people
02:46Distrust among people, disparities, and differences in trust between people
02:51I'm wavering between various options.
02:53It's like all sorts of thorns are stuck in people's hearts.
02:57There's a certain atmosphere about it, and that's what makes it beautiful.
03:02The beauty of the film is undoubtedly due to the traditional performing art of Kabuki.
03:07The beauty of the stage
03:09But that's not all; it's also about how far you can go as a person in relation to your art.
03:16But it is precisely because they are the kind of people who strive to master something that they possess a certain beauty.
03:20I approached this work with the intention of depicting that.
03:28Well, yes, I think people really do want to see beautiful things from the bottom of their hearts.
03:34This result really makes me realize that it's true.
03:40I did say that movies can change the world, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that.
03:46I can't break it, but it's like I'm holding back on this flow or something.
03:54There are bad ways to do this, or
03:55Movies have the power to stop things from going in a bad direction.
03:57I think there is still plenty of value in fighting in the film industry.
04:03I think everyone probably feels like they've had enough.
04:07We may still be fighting together and making movies and eating something
04:14I sincerely want to stop.
04:19Since this is not an opportunity that comes along very often in a lifetime, I will only share a personal matter once.
04:27But I have a man who has been by my side throughout my life since I was 16 years old.
04:34Completely indifferent to the fact that I am a film director and that my wife supports me.
04:40To the children who are pretending to be...
04:42I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude.
04:47congratulations.
04:52congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:54congratulations.
04:55See you again
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