Directors and actors of nominated films talk about their feelings before the Academy Awards are announced

The Academy Awards, the highest honor in the American film industry, will be announced on the 10th in Los Angeles.

Prior to this, the directors and actors of ``Godzilla-1.0'', which is nominated for Best Visual Effects, and ``PERFECT DAYS'', which is nominated for Best International Feature Film, spoke about their current feelings.

The 96th Academy Awards will be held this year, and an unusual three Japanese films have been nominated, and those involved responded to the interview at a reception held at the Japanese Consul General's residence in Los Angeles on the 9th. .

Takashi Yamazaki, director of Godzilla 1.0, which was the first Japanese film to be nominated for Best Visual Effects, said, ``I came here because I wanted to create something that would live up to the people who worked hard to create Godzilla in the past.'' .I feel like we've come this far, in the sense that we're still the Godzilla we've seen up until now.''

Wim Wenders, director of the film PERFECT DAYS, which was nominated for the International Feature Film Award and was shot in a public toilet in Shibuya, Tokyo, said, ``This film has been screened in various countries, and the main character Hirayama's character has become very popular. I'm overwhelmed by the way my image is touching people's hearts all over the world. If there's something even better tomorrow, it's like the sugar icing on the cake." .

Koji Yakusho, who played Hirayama, said that this was his first time attending the Academy Awards ceremony, saying, ``Until now, I had watched videos from the red carpet to the ceremony, but I was surprised that I would be there myself. It's hard to imagine, so I'm a little nervous.In the end, if I get the cake that the director said, I'd like to eat it deliciously.''

In addition, director Hayao Miyazaki's ``How Do You Live?'' was selected as a candidate for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards announcement and awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on the afternoon of the 10th local time and morning of the 11th Japan time.