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

My friends and relativesthought my future was down the pan

My friends and relatives
thought my future was down the pan

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My friends and relatives thought my future was down the pan.
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8 seconds
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68
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:40
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
filmworks,Kojima Productions,PlayStation Studios

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Movie Summary

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.
If my dad was alive, he'd have been opposed. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:06
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 00:07
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 00:07
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 00:05
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 00:09
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 00:12
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 00:10
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 00:06
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 00:07
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 00:12
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 00:11
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 00:14
So they try to minimize this risk from all angles
When you balance the commerciality expectation - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:11
When you balance the commerciality expectation
At the same time, wanting to stay true not just to your vision, - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:11
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 00:05
That's like playing Russian roulette with six bullets.
For the daily one, not this movement, but... - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:06
For the daily one, not this movement, but...
He's trying to make a new narrative experience. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:08
He's trying to make a new narrative experience.
I can imagine the path he takes to achieve this - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:12
I can imagine the path he takes to achieve this
I've been making games for over 30 years. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:05
I've been making games for over 30 years.
Before, if I was to make a flop, my staff could just go to another department. - Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds 00:07
Before, if I was to make a flop, my staff could just go to a...