Kojima And Tsukamoto Compare Japan To Prewar Era In Joint Talk
The interview puts Kojima's public remarks on war and Japanese politics alongside a publisher change his studio has already had to explain, keeping both the game and the man in the same news cycle.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Cinema Today published a joint interview on September 10 with game director Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto. Kojima said many wars are breaking out, that Japan could be pulled into one, and that no one is speaking against it. He said the situation is like pre-World War II Japan. Tsukamoto said many adults intend to create the environment for war. Kojima Productions recently moved Physint from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios.
The interview ran on Cinema Today's YouTube channel and was conducted with Shinya Tsukamoto, who directed the Tetsuo films and appeared in Shin Godzilla and Shin Kamen Rider. He also voiced Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 4.
Kojima tied the war talk to daily life: flooding when it rains, frequent earthquakes, and what he described as a world slowly being damaged. Tsukamoto answered that adults are working to build the conditions for war.
Separately, Physint changed publishers from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios. Kojima Productions issued a statement after speculation that the move involved budget, profitability, and exclusivity concerns.
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