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Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991.
Takashi Miike. Director: 13 Assassins. Takashi Miike was born in the small town of Yao on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally.
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- Yao, Japan
Nov 2, 2017 · During his 26 years as a film, television, documentary, stage play and music video director, Takashi Miike has led the kind of career that rivals that of much more veteran...
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- 'Audition' (1999) Letterboxd Rating: 3.8/5. Audition was the movie that made Takashi Miike an internationally known name and helped develop the idea of J-horror in the minds of western audiences.
- '13 Assassins' (2010) Letterboxd Rating: 3.8/5. There were already two versions of 13 Assassins that existed before Takashi Miike's 2010 remake, but he has since become the most well-known and beloved.
- 'The Happiness of the Katakuris' (2001) Letterboxd Rating: 3.7/5. There is absolutely nothing else in existence like The Happiness of the Katakuris. It's almost the textbook definition of a cult film, given it gleefully mashes up surreal comedy, family drama, zombie horror, and musical numbers in its story about the unlucky but determined Katakuri family trying to run a guest house in the countryside.
- 'The Bird People in China' (1998) Letterboxd Rating: 3.7/5. Even though one of its main characters is a member of the Yakuza, The Bird People in China certainly isn't a crime film.
Takashi Miike. Director: 13 Assassins. Takashi Miike was born in the small town of Yao on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally.
- August 24, 1960
Simply put, Takashi Miike was on fire in 2001 and Agitator was the most grounded and stylish feature of the otherwise wildly bizarre movies he would churn out that year. The murder of a young yakuza member sparks an all-out war between two rival Tokyo crime families.
Takashi Miike. Highest Rated: 100% Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000) Lowest Rated: 11% The Neighbor No. Thirteen (2005) Birthday: Aug 24, 1960. Birthplace: Yao, Japan. If Takashi Miike had his...
