Hideo Kojima’s Closet Picks

Please have him come back for a round 2. Kojima is such a great curator, his book is literally about what books he would recommend you read and it is an absolute page turner. How I could be so enthralled about material that I’m no t even reading just reading someone else’s love for is wild.

"They said I could take this with me." What a treasure this man is.

Five minutes of Kojima shoplifting 👏

Kojima is like "And this one traumatized me as a kid... and this one also traumatized me as a kid... oh and also this one!"

Kojima makes a great point about film and streaming today. A friend of mine pointed out that, unless it's a classic, the vast majority of content on streaming platforms is from the 80s and later. Once you get into the 70s and earlier, it's much harder to find something that isn't already incredibly well known.

Films picked in order: - High and Low (1963) - Akira Kurosawa - Late Spring (1949) - Yasujirō Ozu - Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu - Yasujirō Ozu - Ugetsu (1953) - Kenji Mizoguchi - Kwaidan (1964) - Masaki Kobayashi - Harakiri (1962) - Masaki Kobayashi - Jigoku (1960) - Nobuo Nakagawa - Onibaba (1964) - Kaneto Shindō - Woman in the Dunes (1964) - Hiroshi Teshigahara

I love this guy, I wonder if he will ever make video games

Hideo Kojima is a filmmaker at heart, who CHOSE to bring his perspective of film and storytelling to the games medium. And on top of that, he's an incredible gameplay designer. He's absolutely up there with Shigeru Miyamoto, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and so many other contemporaries. His games are a breath of fresh air in the industry. I will play anything this man makes for the rest of his life.

For those who may be wondering, all of these are available for streaming on the Criterion Channel.

Quickest I’ve ever clicked for one of these. Love this guy, a truly unique voice in the industries of both Cinema and Video-games

i think Kojima's passion for the art of film making is why he's one of the best storytellers in videogaming

the list is presented on screen at 5:46. But here it is as well, Akira Kurosawa - High and Low Yasujiro Ozu - Late spring Yasujiro Ozu - Tokyo Twilight Mizoguchi - Ugetsu Kwaidan Harakiri Nobuo Nakagawa - Jigoku Kaneto Shindo - Onibaba Tegahara - Woman in the Dunes

I know there have been big stars and filmmakers in the closet but to me, this feels like the BIGGEST event

I love how much of a movie fan Kojima is; you see his passion for film in every game he's worked on.

Kojima is a genius of an artistic mind, but he makes it more clear to me than anyone else: Genius artists are inspired by genius art. The cycle of repetition is unavoidable, in paying tribute to what you love, you almost have to rip it off or copy it. But it's how you do it, and how open you are about it, that spreads the love, by getting new people into it. I love Kojima for how he's always been very open and obvious about where his inspirations come from. The man is a living legend. I will always appreciate how creatively fresh he is with the way that he works.

This by far my favorite of these closet picks. Genuine enthusiasm and just an amazing creative mind. It's nice to see what inspires him.

We are one step closer to having Hideaki Anno in the closet.

Full body chills when the GOAT Kojima pulled out my favorite Kurosawa film of all time first 😭

For people who don’t know, Kojima has always been a lifelong cinephile and his original goal was to become a filmmaker, but saw Nintendo's Famicom and thought of joining the video game industry. Kojima's love of movies is noticeable in his games where he pays homage through his stories and characters, such as in Snatcher. He cited a contrast between films and games as while in his games he intends to portray violence like in a movie, in the game it is up to the player to decide. Anyone who’s played any of Kojima’s games will tell you that Kojima’s style breaks the barrier between cinema and games. In a way, he’s a film director but he uses video games to tell the story.

I watched Seppuku maybe two years ago and there really is a reason why it won so many awards.