Does anyone know why the film's writer/director Masayuki Suo didn't make another film for 9 years until I Just Didn't Do It ?
Seems strange considering his previous film, Shall We Dance, was an international hit, had an American remake...
When the film was about to release in January I saw many of TV appearances of Mr Suo.
He said that he spent four years researching the judicial system of the country, attending many court hearings so on.
He wanted to make a different film and it took him a while to start writing a sctipt.
Unfortunately I still haven't watched the film yet, hopefully it will get distributions in US, Europe and the rest of the world.