John Foster

I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.

The awesomeness of God is that even in the works of the Beach Boys, Beatles, etc., the beauty of the music is a mere reflection of what God does everyday. He creates music of all kinds and moods.

There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doing.

The souls of men of undecided and feeble purpose are the graveyards of good intentions.

As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.

To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears.

I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago.

And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting.

Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew.