Takashi Miike movie career page

(116 min)

1999 - Horror - Japan

Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) is simple widower living a lonely life with his son, Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki). Going off an idea from his producer friend, Yasuhisa Yoshikawa (Jun Kinimura), Aoyama decides to participate in a fake audition in order to find a suitable woman to remarry. Though innocent in execution, Aoyama is successful in the mock audition and finds a beautiful girl by the name of Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina), who seems more than what she portrays herself to be. Filmed with unbridled ferocity and unrestrained intensity, Takashi Miike presents his horror magnum opus, "Audition."

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda

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Bird People In China

(118 min)

1998 - Drama, Fantasy - Japan

Wada (Masahiro Motoki), a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza (Renji Ishibashi), who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing -- a secluded village full of people who claim they can fly.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Li Li Wang, Manzo Shinra, Michiko Kase

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Bodyguard Kiba

(93 min)

1993 - Action, Drama, Yakuza - Japan

Junpei is a low life gangster, who has foolish chosen to steal a large amount of money from his yakuza boss. Saved by the cops from a near fatal beating, Junpei is instead thrown in jail for five years. Upon leaving jail, he is in desperate need of protection and hires bodyguard Naoto Kiba to aid him in recovering his stashed money and find his girlfriend. But as their search progress these are like they used to be and Junpei may be in way over his head...

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Masaru Matsuda, Daisuke Nagakura, Ren Osugi, Megumi Sakita

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Hazard City

(102 min)

2000 - Action, Fantasy, Gangster - Japan

After a case gone badly wrong in Brazil, Mario a Brazilian gangster decides to return to Japan in order to retrieve his love Kei, a Chinese girl who is going to be expulsed from Japan. But Kei is currently being coveted by the boss of one of the most powerful Triad gangs ruling in Japan. Now that Mario and Kei are reunited again, they need to find a way to get out of the country without being caught by the police or by the Chinese triads. To get out of the country Mario and Kei needs a lot of money. Mario ends up with the idea of stealing the money from a gang of Yakuza. They will be helped by Carlos a close friend of Mario and Ricardo, a guy who needs to repay is debt to Carlos. But what the three don't know is that this gang of Yakuza is also doing some underground affair with the Triads gangs who are looking for them. Now they are not only chased by the police but also by two powerful groups of gangsters.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Koji Kikkawa, Ren Osugi

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Family

(78 min)

2001 - Action, Yakuza, Drama - Japan

FAMILY is the story of rival Yakuza families who continuously go head to head. Lightning Takeshi, is a hitman that is hired to kill a yakuza boss but in the process he is recognized. Now his family must bond together to help save Lightning Takeshi before its too late. Will Lightning passion for his female witness get in the way of the loyalty to his family...

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Koichi Iwaki, Kazuya Kimura, Taishu Kasea, Marumi Shiraishi, Miho Tamura, Naoko Inoue

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Fudoh: The New Generation

(100 min)

1996 - Action, Yakuza - Japan

Ever since Riki Fudoh witnessed his father viciously murder his older brother in order to prevent a gang war from breaking out, his sole goal has been the destruction of the old yakuza generation and replacing it with his. Only his father soon realizes that Riki is behind the past hits and plans to put and end to Riki.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno, Tamaki Kenmochi, Tôru Minegishi, Miho Nomoto

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The Happiness Of The Katakuris

(113 min)

2001 - Comedy, Music, Experimental - Japan

After being laid off from his job, a father gathers his family from obscurity to a small, quaint guesthouse by an active mountain in order to operate it as a tourist lodging. While some members of the family have obvious relation problems, the father attempts to see it through as the guests who begin staying at their bed and breakfast resort start dropping dead in ridiculous ways. In order to stay rational in all this insanity, they “sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching” in this musical epic landmark by anarchist director, Takashi Miike.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kiyoshiro Imawano, Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Matsuzaka, Teturo Tamba, Kenji Sawada, Shinji Takeda

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Ichi The Killer

(128 min)

2001 - Horror, Gangster - Japan

In a yakuza syndicate, the Anjo clan has suffered the loss of their head leader. Kakihara, Anjo's right hand man, sets out on a quest to find his boss (regardless of the evidence that says he's dead). Things begin to turn for the worst when a group of men that was once affiliated with their syndicate but kicked out set their eyes on seeing the Anjo Clan's complete annihilation. To make thing's worse, they've got the mysterious and extremely deadly killer Ichi on their tales. Will the Anjo Clan survive through Ichi's slaughter? Can they defy their gloomy fate? A sick and twisted fantasy about sadism and masochism with an ending so puzzling that it'll drive you to watch this nihilistic ride into the deepest trenches of the human psyche a second time, a third time, hell, maybe even a fourth. A film based on the extreme manga with the same name, Miike Takashi brings the panels of ink to life in this controversial film.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun, Susumu Terajima, Toru Tezuka

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Izo

(128 min)

2004 - Chambara, Fantasy, Action - Japan

IZO follows the journey of the homicidal samurai warrior Okada Izo's restless soul as he travels through time and space exacting his grudge and unleashing violent judgment against those that would stand between him and divine punishment.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Ryosuke Miki

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Ley Lines

(105 min)

1999 - Drama - Japan

Trying to make a life in the underworld of Japan is hard enough, especially if you're a trio of "half-breeds" just looking for a way to survive. Ryuichi, Chang, and Shunrei find that while getting into the sub-tunnels of society doesn't take too much, getting out is a different story altogether.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kazuki Kitamura, Dan Li, Tomorowo Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka, Sho Aikawa

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MPD Psycho Vol. 1

(116 min)

2003 - Horror, Crime, Comedy - Japan

While working on a serial killing investigation, police officer Yosuke Kobayashi experienced a traumatic incident. Since then, Yosuke suffers from a multiple personality disorder and occasionally becomes Amamiya Kazuhiko, a cunning criminal profiler. With the help of this second personality and Toru Sasayama, Yosuke's superior, the serial killer named Shinji Nishizon is successfully tracked down. However, Yosuke is fired from the police force after killing Nishinzon. Since then, he has been running a coffee shop with his wife. Episode 1: A new killer is spreading fear among the population. This demented killer is literally turning his victim's heads into flower pots. Inspector Toru Sasayama is in charge of this delicate investigation, and without any breakthrough about the identity of the killer, Sasayama seeks the help of Amamiya Kazuhiko, his best friend's second personality. Episode 2: Kazuhiko is now full time back in the police force but to the disagreement of many head of

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Naoki Hosaka, Tomoko Nakajima, Ren Osugi, Sadaharu Shiota, Yoshinari Anan, Rieko Miura

Osaka Tough Guys

(102 min)

1995 - Comedy - Japan

Loveable losers, Makoto andiEiji, goito schoolito extort money from theiteachers, apply foria job which turns outito be oneifor trainee yakuza, enjoy theifriendship of hulking, boozing andiwhoring yakuza madman Taijo andigenerally make whoopee. In the course of this they save Keiko from being molested andiwhen she isiconned into taking part in an SM movie, comeito her rescueiin an outrageous finale that mixes violence andihumor.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Sei Hiraizumi, Kentaro Nakakura, Hachiro Oka, Yoshiyuki Omori, Gajiro Satoh, Tadashi Sato

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Shinjuku Triad Society

(100 min)

1995 - Drama, Gangster - Japan

In this seedy tale of lust and greed, Detective Tatsuhito finds himself in the center of a bloody turf war between the Yakuza and the invading Chinese Triads. As the stakes escalate and the body count rises, Tatsuhito learns that his younger brother has been enlisted as an advisor to the Triads and it is his responsibility to get him out before he becomes just another casualty.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Takeshi Caesar, Kyosuke Izutsu, Ren Osugi, Kippei Shiina, Tomorowo Taguchi, Airi Yanagi

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Three… Extremes

(122 min)

2004 - Horror, Cat. III - Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea

Three stories of terror from Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. BOX - As a child, Kyoko (Kyoko Hasegawa) performed in a circus act with her sister and her stepfather (Atsuro Watabe). But after being deeply affected by her stepfathers’ favoritism towards her sister, Kyoko explodes in a fit of jealousy, ultimately leading to a tragic event that can never be forgotten. Now a young writer, Kyoko is forced to continuously contemplate her past until it finally comes back to haunt her. DUMPLINGS - Mrs. Lee (Miriam Yeung) is feeling down and out. It’s hard getting older and she is finding that out the hard way. Desperate to try any method to reverse her aging effects and once again become beautiful to Mr. Lee (Tony Leung Ka Fei), Mrs. Lee seeks out Mei (Bail Ling), who claims her special dumplings have magical effects. But is Mrs. Lee prepared to find out what the main ingredient of Mei’s dough-wrapped delicacies is? CUT – A director (Lee Byung Hun) who seems to have it all is force

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Director : Takashi Miike, Park Chan Wook, Fruit Chan

Cast : Atsuro Watabe, Kyoko Hasegawa, Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Lee Byung Hun

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Visitor Q

(84 min)

2001 - Comedy, Experimental - Japan

Kiyoshi a failed TV show reporter, was sent on vacation a few months ago. Even with this slight set back Kiyoshi is still determined to do a documentary about sex and violence among the youth. He is so focused on his project that he exploits his family's problems to create material for his documentary. One day a mysterious stranger arrives and he moves in with the family, little do they know that this stranger will change their lives forever.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kenichi Endo, Fujiko, Jun Muto, Shoko Nakahara, Ikko Suzuki, Shungiku Uchida

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Young Thugs: Innocent Blood

(107 min)

1997 - Drama, Action - Japan

Four friends (three boys and a girl) finish their high school, and find different jobs. Two of the boys end up doing small favors to the local thugs (like ‘convincing’ those in debt to return the money, protecting the obedient and fighting the opponents). The group is still more or less together until the main guy, Riichi, meets a girl who had a crush on him in high school. His previous girl dumps him, and the new one doesn’t like seeing him bloodied and swollen with bruises, so he has to obey her, and stop fighting. In the surrounding with so many tough guys (most of whom owe him a kick or two at least) being a pacifist is pretty hard…

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kôji Chihara, Seiji Chihara, Moeko Ezawa, Marie Kikuchi, Hiroko Nakajima

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Young Thugs – Nostalgia

(93 min)

1998 - Drama, Comedy - Japan

Young Thugs – Nostalgia is a film well deserving of its title. 6th grade student Riichi lives a tough life. Between the endless battles with a gang of local punks, and his less than functional home life, it is safe to say the poor kid got a raw deal. Despite his hand in life though, Riichi manages to make the best of things with the help of some thick skin, a few good friends, and a true sense of resilience.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Setsuko Karasuma, Yuki Nagata, Toshikazu Nakaba, Akihiro Shimizu, Saki Takaoka, Naoto Takenaka

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