- Was offered the job directing The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, but turned it down, citing a poor script.
- Briefly studied film making in Australia
- Has cast actor Tak Sakaguchi in every one of his films but 2008's The Midnight Meat Train.
- Speaks fluent English
- Was introduced to an American agent by Samuel L. Jackson, whom he met at a party and discovered was a great admirer of his work.
- He is the first person to direct both a Godzilla film and a Lupin III film.
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