“It became a habit which I still have. ... I'd think up stories because I had so much time alone.”
Kojima said both his parents worked, and that children who came home to an empty house were called “kagikko.” When he opened the door he would first turn all the lights on because he was scared, a habit he says he still has. He was very lonely and, with so much time alone, he would make up stories. In the documentary’s opening he adds that he began thinking up his own stories when he was little, that he was a daydreamer, and that he was several times nearly run over.
“At that time, such children were called "Kagikko". When I opened the door, the first thing I did was turn all the lights on as I was scared. It became a habit which I still have. It was very lonely. I'd think up stories because I had so much time alone. — I started thinking about my own stories when I was little. Ever since I was a child, I was a daydreamer. I would nearly get run over.”