Watch our interview from the Emmy Awards red carpet.
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00:00Hiroyuki Sonata nominated for a show.
00:03Oh my god, it is so good to see you.
00:05We got to meet you yesterday at the Motion Picture Television Fund
00:09and you just seemed so excited and grateful to be here celebrating.
00:15Tell us what this whole weekend has been like for you.
00:18Oh, it's an amazing experience for me.
00:21You know, first nomination and so proud of our crew and cast.
00:26Happy to be here.
00:27When the show came out, in your wildest dreams,
00:33did you anticipate that it would be embraced by audiences as much as it has?
00:37Because it's a fantastic show, but there's a lot of fantastic shows
00:40and this one really broke through in a way that a lot of other shows haven't.
00:44Oh, thank you so much.
00:45Yeah, we tried to make it authentic as much as possible
00:50based on James Crowder's great novel and the Respect novel,
00:54but also we made arrangements for the, you know, nowadays audience
01:00and then even 70% Japanese language with the subtitles,
01:07but we believed the audience, intelligence, imagination, and it worked.
01:15My father-in-law called me one night and he said,
01:18stop what you're doing, the guy, he tells me all the great TV,
01:22stop what you're doing and watch Shogun right now.
01:25And I'm telling you, it was late.
01:27And I said, okay, and it blew me away.
01:30It's beautifully done, beautifully shot.
01:33How did you feel when you first saw the finished product?
01:36Because you're, you know, you're working, you're on set, you're doing the job,
01:38but when you first saw the finished product, what struck you?
01:42Actually, after I finished the shooting,
01:45as a producer, I spent that one year and a half for the post-production.
01:50So every single version of editing or recording, VFX, I checked everything.
01:57So maybe first time I saw the on-air episode one and two together,
02:07the next day reaction, it was amazing.
02:10So that was my first expression for the, yeah, first showing.
02:15I was like, no, this is crazy.
02:18And how does it feel to know that people are clamoring for more?
02:22Oh yeah, because we had a great reaction, so we decided to go forward.
02:28And now preparing the script and another new crew or casting.
02:34So another long journey just begun.
02:37We can't wait for it.
02:38Please enjoy your Emmys.
02:40Cannot wait, you're amazing.
02:42Amazing.
02:42Have a great night.