On savait Takeshi Kitano (réalisateur japonais des films Sonatine, Kid’s Return, Hana-Bi, Brother, Satoichi…) et Joe Hisaishi, son compositeur attitré pendant plusieurs années, en mauvais termes. Aujourd’hui, je suis tombé par hasard sur l’interview suivante :

After your long collaboration with composer Joe Hisaishi, you chose to work with Keiichi Suzuki for Zatoichi. Why the change?

I chose to work with somebody else, because I had already shot the tap dancing scene and the scenes of the farmers working on the land. Those are all scenes that required percussion-based music, so the score needed to have that element to it. Mister Hisaishi as a composer is not very flexible, so I decided to use someone else.

Do you plan to work with Hisaishi again in the future?

He’s been very successful with his work recently, so I fear he’s become too expensive for me.

Pour que Kitano manie pareille langue de bois, c’est que lui et Hisaishi doivent vraiment se faire la gueule !