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Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojima's creative process as he launches his own independent studio.

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Glen Milner

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documentary, biography

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filmworks,Kojima Productions,PlayStation Studios

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Guillermo del Toro

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Hiroaki Yoshiike

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Nicolas Winding Refn

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Shin'ya Tsukamoto

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi

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Tommie Earl Jenkins

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I started thinking about my own stories
when I was little. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I started thinking about my own stories when I was little.

- Mr. Hideo Kojima.
- Hideo Kojima. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

- Mr. Hideo Kojima. - Hideo Kojima.

One of the most creative talents
in the history of gaming. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

One of the most creative talents in the history of gaming.

What he creates are not games or films... - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

What he creates are not games or films...

You can tell
it's a Hideo Kojima game - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

You can tell it's a Hideo Kojima game

Video games
are the biggest, most powerful form - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Video games are the biggest, most powerful form

And Hideo really is probably
the most well-known game creator - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

And Hideo really is probably the most well-known game creato...

It's kind of like stepping
into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

It's kind of like stepping into Willy Wonka's choc...

I think that
it's the obligation of any artist - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I think that it's the obligation of any artist

There isn't some kind of thread
from which I pull ideas... - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

There isn't some kind of thread from which I pull ideas...

I have these moments
in my game making. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I have these moments in my game making.

I'm really interested
in how people think creatively, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I'm really interested in how people think creatively,

Any form of artistry,
the process is the same almost always. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Any form of artistry, the process is the same almost always.

And that is an interplay
between the intellect and the intuition. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

And that is an interplay between the intellect and the intui...

If it says "A Hideo Kojima Game",
it means that from start to finish. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

If it says "A Hideo Kojima Game", it means that fr...

I'm involved in everything,
that's the declaration. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I'm involved in everything, that's the declaration...

"A Hideo Kojima Game"
means we cannot cut corners. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

"A Hideo Kojima Game" means we cannot cut corners.

It's hard work every time,
but this time I was independent. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

It's hard work every time, but this time I was independ...

In my previous company, I was free to do what I wanted, but ...

I had my own games, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I had my own games,

In such an environment, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

In such an environment,

The story from back in the day was that - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The story from back in the day was that

He really wanted someone
to sign up for the game - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He really wanted someone to sign up for the game

And everyone in the Western world
was like, "You're crazy." - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

And everyone in the Western world was like, "You'r...

And Sony,
as far as I know, basically said, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

And Sony, as far as I know, basically said,

It's bent, right? Like this. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

It's bent, right? Like this.

The first game I did with Director Kojima
was Policenauts. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The first game I did with Director Kojima was Policenauts.

Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

He told me at the start
that he wanted a new challenge. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He told me at the start that he wanted a new challenge.

With games nowadays, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

With games nowadays,

You hit or shoot each other - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

You hit or shoot each other

This game isn't like this,
it's about connections. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

This game isn't like this, it's about connections.

You help others you can't see
and that will bring you closer. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

You help others you can't see and that will bring you c...

When I first explained this to my staff, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When I first explained this to my staff,

They said, "But no one does that..." - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

They said, "But no one does that..."

When Director Kojima
first told me about his plan, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When Director Kojima first told me about his plan,

Something with a totally new concept
of gameplay. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Something with a totally new concept of gameplay.

I wondered if it would be accepted. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I wondered if it would be accepted.

We started planning at the end of 2015. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

We started planning at the end of 2015.

At the time, there was a lot
of fragmentation and isolation. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

At the time, there was a lot of fragmentation and isolation.

It was a time
when the world was becoming divided. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

It was a time when the world was becoming divided.

Although the world is connected
by the Internet 24 hours a day, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Although the world is connected by the Internet 24 hours a d...

I wanted to offer another way, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I wanted to offer another way,

He is not someone
that just sort of rinses and repeats. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He is not someone that just sort of rinses and repeats.

He really tries to, to reinvent
how the game is played. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He really tries to, to reinvent how the game is played.

But overarching all that is this view - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

But overarching all that is this view

He really has a message
that he wants to deliver in every game - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He really has a message that he wants to deliver in every ga...

Like every game he makes,
there's a reason behind making the game. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Like every game he makes, there's a reason behind makin...

Firstly, they take on the role of Sam. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Firstly, they take on the role of Sam.

At the very start, they will feel a sense
of being completely alone - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

At the very start, they will feel a sense of being completel...

They feel a sense of loneliness - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

They feel a sense of loneliness

The player is the only one
making the connections, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The player is the only one making the connections,

They begin to realize - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

They begin to realize

They can't see each other
but they start to see traces and realize, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

They can't see each other but they start to see traces ...

The people she left behind
have been hard at work, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The people she left behind have been hard at work,

But these terminals are still isolated. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

But these terminals are still isolated.

There are invisible ghosts there, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

There are invisible ghosts there,

Mr. Kojima always keeps some space
for the player to think for themselves. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Mr. Kojima always keeps some space for the player to think f...

These people have allergic reactions
to the ghosts, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

These people have allergic reactions to the ghosts,

I believe there's a moment of awakening
that we get from any good work, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I believe there's a moment of awakening that we get fro...

When I was a student,
there was a lot going on - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When I was a student, there was a lot going on

I never told my parents
about these things. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I never told my parents about these things.

When I was with my class or my friends, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When I was with my class or my friends,

I am from Kansai, so I like
to make people laugh or tease others. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I am from Kansai, so I like to make people laugh or tease ot...

But when I was alone, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

But when I was alone,

After my dad passed away,
everyone was worried about me. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

After my dad passed away, everyone was worried about me.

There was a period
of feeling totally isolated and lonely. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

There was a period of feeling totally isolated and lonely.

The truth is that because my dad died,
I was able to get into the game industry. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The truth is that because my dad died, I was able to get int...

Game centers were seen
as a shady business in those days. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Game centers were seen as a shady business in those days.

The industry had a negative image. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The industry had a negative image.

My mother was the only one
who didn't object for some reason. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

My mother was the only one who didn't object for some r...

My friends and relatives
thought my future was down the pan. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

My friends and relatives thought my future was down the pan.

If my dad was alive,
he'd have been opposed. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

If my dad was alive, he'd have been opposed.

When I entered the industry, I was
surprised to find so many people like me. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When I entered the industry, I was surprised to find so many...

For the first time, there were people
with a burning passion for making things. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

For the first time, there were people with a burning passion...

I was having so much fun
that I hardly slept at all. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I was having so much fun that I hardly slept at all.

I want to create things
that people haven't seen before, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I want to create things that people haven't seen before...

If you say, it's a cross between Robocop
and Towering Inferno - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

If you say, it's a cross between Robocop and Towering I...

But if you say, "It's visually different
to anything that exists", - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

But if you say, "It's visually different to anythi...

I think that it's both, it's really brave
and it's really hard. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I think that it's both, it's really brave and it&#...

It's, like, really hard to get funding
for, like, new work in the modern era. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

It's, like, really hard to get funding for, like, new w...

In the past, when I went pro,
they would just give you 100 million yen - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

In the past, when I went pro, they would just give you 100 m...

But now it costs a few trillion,
or tens of trillions of yen - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

But now it costs a few trillion, or tens of trillions of yen

So they try to minimize this risk
from all angles - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

So they try to minimize this risk from all angles

When you balance
the commerciality expectation - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

When you balance the commerciality expectation

At the same time, wanting to stay true
not just to your vision, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

At the same time, wanting to stay true not just to your visi...

That's like playing Russian roulette
with six bullets. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

That's like playing Russian roulette with six bullets.

For the daily one,
not this movement, but... - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

For the daily one, not this movement, but...

He's trying to make
a new narrative experience. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

He's trying to make a new narrative experience.

I can imagine the path he takes
to achieve this - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

I can imagine the path he takes to achieve this

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A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojima's creative process as he launches his own independent studio.

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Director: Glen Milner

Writer: N/A

Production: filmworks,Kojima Productions,PlayStation Studios

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Feb 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/movie/a514f705-d1fe-4d67-8302-ccedd1ac5e9c