00:00What did that final shot mean to you, Brandon, of that mirror moment?
00:03Because I just love that scene so much.
00:05Well, remember that he was told by Kikuo-san to go take a look in the shrine
00:13when he asked, what's in there?
00:15And he responded, maybe later.
00:17So after the story plays out, he does go to the shrine.
00:22And he does make a transformation.
00:24And he makes a discovery, an epiphany even.
00:26And not only was the old man right and you got me from the great beyond,
00:30but I'm in there.
00:33I was enough all along.
00:35I didn't need to doubt myself.
00:37I'm going to be okay going forward.
00:40That's what I always believed it to be.
00:43Yeah.
00:44Yeah, for me, I think, you know, I've had times in my life where, like,
00:49friends would love me in such a way that I could only think,
00:55like, there has to be a God, you know, like, you know,
01:00it's like a religious experience being loved by people like that, you know.
01:04And then you see God in them in those moments, you know.
01:09And I think the last scene tells me that if I deserve that kind of love,
01:16then there must be something inside me too, you know.
01:18I've had these experiences.
01:20So that last scene sort of resonated, you know.
01:24If you look within, you can find the answers and, you know,
01:27the love that you need, like all of these things.
01:31Yeah, I feel so many things watching that scene,
01:35but that's the one that comes to mind.
01:37And for me, it's the same reaction,
01:41but it wasn't the original ending, was it?
01:45You know, it wasn't.
01:46It wasn't.
01:47They changed it, like, you know, in the ending.
01:50It was like, brilliant.
01:51Yes.
01:52It was like, so much more meaningful.
01:54Yeah.
01:55Yeah, like the original ending was so good.
01:57I've always cried.
01:58It was fine.
01:59But mind you, this was a film that was covered from so many different angles
02:02and there's much of it that you're going to wind up seeing as extras
02:04or Easter eggs or whatever they're called these days,
02:06you know, months and months from now.
02:08And that's just a testament to how thorough our director, Hikari, was.
02:13Yeah, so thorough.
02:14That's why each of these characters presents with such a rich backstory
02:18because in reality,
02:20there was an embarrassment of riches of performance that was captured,
02:23but just didn't make it to the screen for time.
02:26And she was able to take all of that footage
02:31and find the story in editorial.
02:34Yeah.
02:35Yeah.
02:35Is a feat of directing skill that not many surpass.
02:40And for, I won't say a relative newcomer,
02:42but this is Hikari's work that is breakthrough for her.
02:46And we're going to see the emergence of a formidable force in filmmaking
02:51in the years to come through her.
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