Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds documentary film will be distributed exclusively on Disney+ in the Spring of 2024

[Captain of Outer Space]

View: https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1733008758484472067

My documentary film "HIDEO KOJIMA: CONNECTING WORLDS" which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in June, will be distributed worldwide in the spring of 2024.

The film will be distributed exclusively on Disney+. Directed and photographed by Glen Milner. The cast includes George Miller, Guillermo del Toro, Norman Reedus, Nicolas Winding Refn, Grimes, Woodkid, Churches, Mamoru Oshii, Shinji Mikami, and Shinya Tsukamoto.

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In addition, Kojima announced that his documentary film "Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds" — which follows his journey to form an independent games studio and his creative process behind "Death Stranding" — will be distributed worldwide in the spring of 2024 exclusively on Disney+.

"Embark on a compelling behind-the-scenes odyssey as 'Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds' unveils the visionary mind of Hideo Kojima, weaving the intricate creative threads that birthed a groundbreaking game and reshaped the landscape of interactive storytelling," the announcement from Kojima Productions said.

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Hideo Kojima Teams With Jordan Peele for Upcoming Horror Game ‘OD,’ Announces His ‘Death Stranding’ Docu Will Stream on Disney+

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[Sarobi]

I hope this leads to Kojima taking over Star Wars.

 

[Wesker]

I hope this leads to Kojima taking over Star Wars.

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Ah yes, the master of retconning taking over the franchise of retconning.

It fits tbh

 

[Alex de Souza]

I'll subscribe to Disney+ just for that.

 

[Mary Celeste]

We will be watching

 

[Xando]

Kojima about to get hired to save the MCU

 

[criteriondog]

Need to bum off of someone's Disney+ in my family to check this out!

 

[Hikari]

I cannot wait for this. I'm incredibly intrigued by anything Kojima!

 

[Super]

Will be watching this.

 

[Strafer]

damn will watch

 

[HStallion]

I hope this leads to Kojima taking over Star Wars.

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How can the character naming get even more on the nose? Darth Villain Man

 

[Deleted member 20986]

*scratches head*

This is not the same one as the trailer Kojipro released a while back about the 'auter Kojima' is it?

 

[scare_crow]

Will it cover his sexism and misogyny?

 

[Mcbel]

What is this movie about?

 

[SCUMMbag]

Finally, a strand documentary

 

[NovumVeritas]

We will be ashamed of our words and deeds.

 

[Shinrou]

Don't worry if you can't see it on Disney+, Geoff will show it in full during next year's TGA.

 

[SCUMMbag]

Will it cover his sexism and misogyny?

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Not a hope

Perhaps they mention the word otaku

 

[Bizkit Krueger]

Will it cover his sexism and misogyny?

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barely anyone mentions this stuff so I'd never expect a puff piece documentary like this to even come close

 

[penguinecon]

Will it mention all the people who worked under him to make these classics he takes all the credit for?

 

[astro]

barely anyone mentions this stuff so I'd never expect a puff piece documentary like this to even come close

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People call his shit out all the time, especially on Era. As they should.

Will it mention all the people who worked under him to make these classics he takes all the credit for?

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Immediately noticed that, wish it had been "Kojima Productions: Connecting Worlds" at least. Still got his name in the title, but it's the company not the man.

 

[mockingbird]

Didn't expect this on Disney of all places. Seems more like a Netflix thing

 

[jett]

This documentary might be about himself but it's still funny that he phrased it as being his when it's technically directed by someone else, although it probably doesn't matter lol, I'm sure Kojimmer was calling all the shots.

Based from what I remember about the trailer it seemed entirely self-fellating and doesn't seem to cover anything before Death Stranding.

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[Bizkit Krueger]

People call his shit out all the time, especially on Era. As they should.


Immediately noticed that, wish it had been "Kojima Productions: Connecting Worlds" at least. Still got his name in the title, but it's the company not the man.

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all the time is a giant stretch

drop in the bucket when that stuff hasn't been reckoned with in any meaningful way overall and typically gets handwaved as one of his wacky idiosyncrasies

 

[astro]

all the time is a giant stretch

drop in the bucket when that stuff hasn't been reckoned with in any meaningful way overall and almost always gets handwaved as one of his wacky idiosyncrasies

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It comes up in every thread about him on here, which is a good thing. Of course the audience at large doesn't, they don't care about this stuff as much as they should.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Will it mention all the people who worked under him to make these classics he takes all the credit for?

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I love how Kojima lives in people's heads rent free...

Nevermind the fact he was one of the first devs to have game credits front and center, not just at the end, and that he garnered enough respect for a bunch of devs to join him when he left Konami, apparently he's a narcissist who doesn't credit anyone else on the dev team 🙄

 

[Kandinsky]

HIDEO KOJIMA
CONNECTING WORLDS

 

[astro]

I love how Kojima lives in people's heads rent free...

Nevermind the fact he was one of the first devs to have game credits front and center, not just at the end, and that he garnered enough respect for a bunch of devs to join him when he left Konami, apparently he's a narcissist who doesn't credit anyone else on the dev team 🙄

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The critique is fair and calling it "living in people's heads" is a bizzare defense.

 

[penguinecon]

I love how Kojima lives in people's heads rent free...

Nevermind the fact he was one of the first devs to have game credits front and center, not just at the end, and that he garnered enough respect for a bunch of devs to join him when he left Konami, apparently he's a narcissist who doesn't credit anyone else on the dev team 🙄

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My problem is not with Kojima actually but how the industry frames auteurs. I guess I shouldn't have wrote "he takes all the credit for" because it's more like everyone credits him for everything.

 

[astro]

My problem is not with Kojima actually but how the industry frames auteurs. I guess I shouldn't have "he takes all the credit for" because it's more like everyone credits him for everything.

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This is a problem with how auteurs are framed, but it's not like Kojima doesn't play into this stuff and a mild critique toward that doesn't need a defense. Your comment was fine.

 

[giancarlo123x]

A Hideo Kojima film

 

[scare_crow]

I love how Kojima lives in people's heads rent free...

Nevermind the fact he was one of the first devs to have game credits front and center, not just at the end, and that he garnered enough respect for a bunch of devs to join him when he left Konami, apparently he's a narcissist who doesn't credit anyone else on the dev team 🙄

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I love how Kojima fanboys constantly excuse his sexism and misogyny and just focus on whatever self-absorbed "auteur" project he's working on next. 🙄

 

[Kitano]

can someone explain what this is about

 

[astro]

can someone explain what this is about

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The doc? It says at the top of the image, the development of Death Stranding.

 

[Kitano]

The doc? It says at the top of the image, the development of Death Stranding.

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thanks! My lazy ass didn't bother to open the tweet 😑

 

[Blunt]

The critique is fair and calling it "living in people's heads" is a bizzare defense.

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No, it's always been a bullshit claim because if there is one creator that makes sure the name of his collaborators are known and put front and center in the credits at the beginning and the end, it's him. There's a reason we know the names of people like Yoji Shinkawa, Shuyo Murata or Motosada Mori and it's because Kojima himself always included them when discussing in creative process or in behind the scenes stuff.

Hell, people love to trot out the fact that he plastered his name everywhere on MGS V, which alright fair, while conveniently omitting the fact that the game features a credit sequence mentioning who exactly did what on each mission in the game.

 

[astro]

No, it's always been a bullshit claim because if there is one creator that makes sure the name of his collaborators are known and put front and center in the credits at the beginning and the end, it's him. There's a reason we know the names of people like Yoji Shinkawa, Shuyo Murata or Motosada Mori and it's because Kojima himself always included them when discussing in creative process or in behind the scenes stuff.

Hell, people love to trot out the fact that he plastered his name everywhere on MGS V, which alright fair, while conveniently omitting the fact that the game features a credit sequence mentioning who exactly did what on each mission in the game.

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Sorry, but It's always been a fair critique. Not only for the way the industry plays into it, but because Kojima of the way plasters his name everywhere and presents the works which absolutely plays into this.

This doesn't detract from the fact the man and his team make amazing games, you don't need to rush to his defense.

 

[personaplace]

Huh. I'll watch it for sure. I didn't play the game even though I should have, because I wasn't especially surprised nor delighted. I'll play it now to get ready.

Never even heard about it, but I look forward to watching it.

 

[scare_crow]

No, it's always been a bullshit claim because if there is one creator that makes sure the name of his collaborators are known and put front and center in the credits at the beginning and the end, it's him. There's a reason we know the names of people like Yoji Shinkawa, Shuyo Murata or Motosada Mori and it's because Kojima himself always included them when discussing in creative process or in behind the scenes stuff.

Hell, people love to trot out the fact that he plastered his name everywhere on MGS V, which alright fair, while conveniently omitting the fact that the game features a credit sequence mentioning who exactly did what on each mission in the game.

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Behind the scenes callouts are far from plastering your own name on every one of your projects. There is ego. No question.

And he does not need a defense for this stuff (I'm desperately trying to ignore your avatar…) It's a fair critique and opinion.

 

[Blunt]

Sorry, but It's always been a fair critique. Not only for the way the industry plays into it, but because Kojima of the way plasters his name everywhere and presents the works which absolutely plays into this.

This doesn't detract from the fact the man makes amazing games, you don't need to rush to his defense.

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It's not so much a defense of him as a refutation of what I see as an unfair critique. Trying to paint Kojima as someone who leeches off the work of others or trying to take credit for everything is the farthest thing from the truth considering everything that actually goes on with his games from, again, the way credits are presented in the games themselves, the promotional materials also giving a large part to his closest collaborators such as Shinkawa or stuff like the BTS documentaries that were produced consistently emphasizing the collaborative nature of the process of creating games.

 

[astro]

It's not so much a defense of him as a refutation of what I see as an unfair critique. Trying to paint Kojima as someone who leeches off the work of others or trying to take credit for everything is the farthest thing from the truth considering everything that actually goes on with his games from, again, the way credits are presented in the games themselves, the promotional materials also giving a large part to his closest collaborators such as Shinkawa or stuff like the BTS documentaries that were produced consistently emphasizing the collaborative nature of the process of creating games.

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Except it's not the furthest from the truth, as others have pointed out. There is a fair critique there, no matter how you and others try to deny it.

 

[Dever]

Seems like a weird pick for a platform but okay... I would have vastly preferred a simple "Making of Death Stranding" video in the Director's Cut version rather than this thing, which sounds pretty self-congratulory.

 

[Magneto]

Except it's not the furthest from the truth, as others have pointed out. There is a fair critique there, no matter how you and others try to deny it.

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You keep saying this, but can you please give us some examples of Kojima doing this ? Because i'm pretty sure Kojima always gave credit to people he's been working with. TPP is a solid proof of that.

 

[Blunt]

Except it's not the furthest from the truth, as others have pointed out. There is a fair critique there, no matter how you and others try to deny it.

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I have actually supported my claims with arguments as to why Kojima actually emphasizes the work of others besides himself and I have yet to see a refutation of these beyond «he puts his name front and center on his games ».

But hey let's do a little test : without looking it up, can you tell me who the art director or character designer for the latest Zelda games are ?

 

[Deleted member 61531]

The "Kojima doesn't share credit" thing has got to be one of the most persistent myths among "informed" gamers out there.

It just ain't true, and that's sorta self-evident if you do even a cursory investigation. The man loves to elevate peers, collaborators, and sources of inspiration.

Anyway Captain of Outer Space , do you mind adding a small description of the documentary to the OP? The only place i could find it was by clicking into the tweet, then clicking into the image in the tweet.

 

[astro]

I have actually supported my claims with arguments as to why Kojima actually emphasizes the work of others besides himself and I have yet to see a refutation of these beyond «he puts his name front and center on his games ».

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You keep saying this, but can you please give us some examples of Kojima doing this ? Because i'm pretty sure Kojima always gave credit to people he's been working with. TPP is a solid proof of that.

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People are saying the industry frames auteurs in a way that puts too much of the credit onto them, and Kojima puts his name over everything in a way that plays into that.

Sure, saying "is he going to credit others?" like he never does is a bit of a reductive way to make the point, but he absolutely does present his work via his titles in a way that gives as much importance to him as the visionary creator as possible.

There /is/ a fair point being made here, and Kojima clearly has an ego. This comes out in other ways, too, like his bizzare defense of Quiet's design "ashamed of words and deads".

And I say this as someone who rates Kojima Pro as one of their favourite developers, with both Death Stranding and MGS being in my top 10 games of all time.

 

[Magneto]

People are saying the industry frames auteurs in a way that puts too much of the credit onto them, and Kojima puts his name over everything in a way that plays into that.

Sure, saying "is he going to credit others" like he never does is a bit of a reductive way to make the point, but he absolutely does present his work via his titles in a way that gives as much importance to him as the visionary creator as possible.

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Yeah, so there is no real argument except "He put his name in his games". Gotcha.

 

[astro]

Yeah, so there is no real argument except "He put his name in his games". Gotcha.

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That's a very silly and reductive way to dismiss the point.

 

[Grips]

MGS1 is his best game

 

[Blunt]

John Carpenter has been putting « John Carpenter's… » in the title of his films for 40 years and I can't ever remember anyone raising a stink over this. Again, my beef isn't with the argument that he has a big ego (like most creatives) but the fact that he's often being framed as taking all the credit for everything, which is blatantly untrue.