Direct quote 2025-12-03
“The first one I bought myself was for "The Towering Inferno." ... he said "Hideo, you don't need it. I've already got one." I didn't want to share it, and it made me angry ... So, I stopped going to the movies with my brother. I went alone and bought the pamphlet by myself.”
What it documents
Kojima recalled that the first movie pamphlet he bought for himself was for The Towering Inferno. His brother had already bought one and told him they did not need two; Kojima became angry, bought his own copy, and afterward stopped going to the movies with his brother, going alone and buying the pamphlet by himself.
Source
GQ JAPAN — 10 Essentials; official English subtitles, 2025-12-03 (00:08:52,966–00:09:21,327). View source ↗
“The first one I bought myself was for "The Towering Inferno." ... I didn't want to share it, and it made me angry so I bought one for myself anyways. So, I stopped going to the movies with my brother. I went alone and bought the pamphlet by myself.”