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- Yûgô Sakô was a director and writer, known for Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1993). He died on April 24, 2012 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- As a child, he was passionate about collecting cards about the life of Buddha that were used in religious classes.
- He was orphaned at the age of 3, and was taken in and raised by monks in a Zen Buddhist temple.
- He was planning on adapting the story of Lord Krishna.
- He was going to be a future priest and practiced asceticism at the Heirinji Zen Temple but soon realized that the priesthood was not for him.
- He set up his own company, Tokyo Cine Vision Ltd, which made music albums and TV documentaries.
- I trained to be a priest and am a Zen Buddhist formally. But after all these years, Hinduism is very familiar to me. However, to be Hindu, you have to be born in a Hindu family, so I don't know whether Hindus would accept me as Hindu or not. So I am Buddhist, but in my mind I feel I am Hindu.
- Because Ram is God, I felt it was best to depict him in animation, rather than by an actor.
- If I pass away, then my work can be done by others. And if I die, I can be reborn and continue the work!
- In general, Indian mythology is like a treasure box for movie makers. So if George Lucas knows India, I am sure he was influenced.
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