Takashi Miike On His Hollywood “Longing”, New Movie ‘First Love’ & Why Japan’s Film Industry Is “Dying” – Macao

The Japanese film industry is slowly but surely dying.
DEADLINE: Jeremy Thomas was a producer on First Love, and some of your previous films, how did that relationship first come about?
TAKASHI MIIKE: I met Jeremy Thomas in Venice for the first time.
The film festival officials told me, “Jeremy Thomas wants to meet you and talk to you.” I replied, “Eh?
People in the film industry do not know what to do as they can’t see how the future will develop.