Chad Stahelski (John Wick) has shared that as director of the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima movie adaptation, he hopes to honor the game's homage to filmmaker Akira Kurosawa by filming the movie with a Japanese cast that will also deliver the movie's dialog in Japanese.

Speaking to Collider, Stahelski shared that beyond this project, just in general, Kurosawa is in his "top five biggest influences of my life, as far as film goes." Stahleski added that game publisher Sony is "so on board with backing us" with his plans to feature a "complete Japanese cast."

In addition to having Sony's support, Stahelski feels Western audiences are ready for a theatrical experience that would require subtitles on the strength of international content including Netflix's Squid Game and the 2019 Korean black comedy, Parasite.