{"id":214175,"date":"2026-05-15T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:25:11","slug":"japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese director Fukada says AI undermines the process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anewz.tv\/science\/artificial-intelligence\/20104\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/news\">Japanese director Fukada says AI undermines the process<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anewz.tv\/science\/artificial-intelligence\/20104\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/news\">https:\/\/anewz.tv\/science\/artificial-intelligence\/20104\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-15 00:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"anewz.tv\">anewz.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Critique of AI in Art<\/strong>: Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada criticized the use of AI in art production, arguing it undermines the purpose of art, which he believes relies on self-expression and understanding the world through a creative process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Human Act of Creation<\/strong>: Fukada&#8217;s new drama, <em>Nagi Notes<\/em>, explores themes involving the human act of creation, specifically illustrated through the process of making a sculpture in rural Japan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Main Characters and Plot<\/strong>: The film follows Yuri, an architect visiting her friend Yoriko in the village of Nagi, where Yoriko agrees to pose for a sculpture, serving as the emotional centerpiece. It also focuses on the developing bond between two local boys.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Representation and Future Change<\/strong>: Fukada addressed the lesser representation of same-sex relationships on screen and expressed hope for a future where diverse sexual orientations will be normalized in portrayals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Film Festival and Competition<\/strong>: <em>Nagi Notes<\/em> is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and is one of 22 films competing for the prestigious Palme d\u2019Or, to be awarded on May 23.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Fukada\u2019s Previous Films<\/strong>: The filmmaker has a history with Cannes, as his previous films <em>The Real Thing<\/em> and <em>Harmonium<\/em> were shown in the festival&#8217;s official selection and Un Certain Regard sections, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese director Fukada says AI undermines the process https:\/\/anewz.tv\/science\/artificial-intelligence\/20104\/japanese-director-fukada-says-ai-undermines-the-process\/news Publish Date: 2026-05-15 00:20:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/anewz.tvhttps:\/\/anewz.tv\/data\/images\/2026-05-14\/28601_2026-05-14t153511z-2-lynxmpem4d15i-rtroptp-4-filmfestival-cannes-nagi-notes_f.JPG?t=1778819105","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214177,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214175\/revisions\/214177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}