Today we’re speaking with Azusa Yamazaki, the editor of Drive My Car, which won an Oscar for Best International Feature Film and a BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language. Azusa has edited numerous feature films, including Asako I & II, Dream of Illumination, and The Ark in the Mirage.

She has also cut several TV series in her native Japan. Our discussion was through an interpreter—Naoki Tanaka—who is a friend of Azusa’s from film school.

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Art of the Cut, Ep. 158: "Drive My Car" Editor, Azusa Yamazaki