Anecdote 2012-05-23
In high school, using a friend’s 8 mm camera, Kojima convinced his classmates to shoot zombie shorts. For the school cultural festival he made a zombie film and sold tickets for about 50p with the idea of raising money to buy more films to watch, but he did not make enough to buy even one. On another occasion he attempted to shoot a Robinson Crusoe–style island survival story, but the group wasted the trip bathing and ultimately turned the project into another zombie movie.
Source
The Guardian — Simon Parkin, "Hideo Kojima: video game drop-out", two-part interview (part 1), 2012-05-23. View source ↗
“I convinced them all to make some zombie films with me… We sold tickets for about 50p. But we didn't make enough money to buy even one film”; “another zombie movie”