Backstage Interview Transcript | 81st Academy Awards
Best foreign language film of the year
CATEGORY: Best foreign language film of the year
FILM: “Departures”
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Q. Japanese?
A. Japanese.
Q. Japanese?
A. Japanese.
Q. Japanese?
A. Japanese.
Q. Hello good evening. Congratulations on the movie, on the win. What's the Israel I movie was the front runner all through this Oscar race were you really surprised when your name was announced today at the Oscar's, were you very surprised today when your name was announced?
A. Yes, it was hard to believe and it was unbelievable.
Q. So what does this win means to you and to Japan?
A. For Japan movies, it's always been the classical samurai kind of movie which has won Oscar's and this was their first film that the modern Japan their movie which depicts the modern Japan and the for himself, he's not really aiming for their awards to receive, so he will continue what he's doing at this moment.
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