In that respect, did you try to shoot Mizu no Onna during the rainy season in Japan?
(Smiles) At first, I tried to do that, but it proved impossible. So all the rainfall in the film is artificial. (Smiles) That was very difficult. It needed time and budget. But my staff was very skilful. What kind of films did you shoot at the Waseda University where you studied film? I shot “Grey”, which was an experimental story. It was very minimal. Just one guy wandering in Tokyo every night. He can sleep every day, so he wanders in Tokyo every night. I wanted to film the interaction between the city and this man. It is said that you traveled extensively in India and Nepal. Can you tell me why? Now I live in Tokyo, a very busy city. We are always influenced by time, by what we have to on the spur of the moment, etc. But if we go to India, Nepal, Tibet, we can forget about time, about the cutting edge, what is up-to-date, etc. We can get a different sense of time and our place in the universe. That’s the reason I traveled there. I have traveled during one year in India. I even recei
