For film director Masayuki Suo, new projects are born from strong feelings, no matter how long it takes to see the movie made.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='250' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='Actor Ryo Kase and director Masayuki Suo' BORDER='0' SRC='../images/photos2007/nn20070202a6a.jpg' WIDTH='250' HEIGHT='188'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Ryo Kase –

, who stars in "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" ("I Just Didn't Do It") and Masayuki Suo, the film's director, face reporters Thursday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. SETSUKO KAMIYA PHOTO

For his latest film, "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" ("I Just Didn't Do It"), his first in 11 years, Suo says it was his sense of justice that served as the driving force. The film is about a man accused of being a "chikan," or groper, a common problem on crowded commuter trains.