Takashi miike, miike takashi, born august 24, 1960 is a japanese filmmaker. Unfollow takashi miike to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. He has directed over ninety theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Sick flix extreme horror movies bizarre, disturbing. Youki kudoh of mystery train and memoirs of a geisha costars in this justifiably controversial mindblower directed by takashi miike. Watch takashi miike exclusive videos, interviews, video clips and more at. Takashi miike celebrity profile check out the latest takashi miike photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The films of takashi miike miike, takashi director rated. Todays film is takashi miike s entry into the masters of horror series that was banned from broadcast and after you see it youll know why. Starring billy drago, youki kudoh, michie, and toshie negishi. Its not surprising since it comes from takashi miike, the same creator of other classic japanese extreme films like visitor q or ichi the killer. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally. Sep 15, 2006 and that is what makes takashi miike s imprint all the more disappointing due to weak scripting, bad performances, and a deflation that comes from it ultimately being a shaggydog story.
Takashi miike born august 24, 1960 is a highly prolific and highly controversial japanese auteur. We can also talk about any of the 99 films i made previously, or anything youd like. If one believes one of the leading experts on asian, especially japanese cinema, blues harp by takashi miike is the film that will shed muchneeded light on the hidden sides of that genuine filmmaker takashi miike. Bokyo is a 1998 japanese film directed by takashi miike. Watch imprint takashi miike episode 1 online with english. Any fan of takashi s previous work should relish this well written and shot entry into the series. Takashi miike tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. A contemporary of such noted film experimentalists as shinya tsukamoto tetsuo. Hong kong capriccio was released on december 23, 2016. Takashi miike is the black, beating heart of world cinema. Takashi miikes 10 best films, from ichi the killer to. Staring michie ito, toshie negishi, youki kudoh and billy drago. May 18, 2017 blade of the immortal is, apparently, japanese director takashi miikes 100th film.
Check out all of our freely drama series online by clicking on drama list. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video and television productions since his debut in 1991. Listen to the ghouls next door episodes free, on demand. The man whose presence on festival circuits instills equal parts fear and wonder, the man you have to beware or watch. His films range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and familyfriendly.
His first forays into directing came via directtovideo releases, where he was able to stretch his creative legs until he built his skill set even further and finally got his name in movie theatres with a slew of extreme crime. First love 2019 official us trailer takashi miike film duration. An american journalist in 19thcentury japan hopes to find the love he left behind. Takashi miike born in osaka, miike graduated from yokohama film school before cutting his teeth on tv work.
The producers of the tv series masters of horror, an anthology shot by various directors, chose miike to direct an episode. Directed by legendary cult director takashi miike, and featuring a brand new plot and reimagined characters. Reiji is a 20 japanese film directed by takashi miike based on the manga series mogura no uta. I am not the person who subtitled this so cannot take credit for it. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Having appeared in many television and films, including assassins on which he met director takashi miike, he appeared in miikes next 3 works, ace attorney, for loves sake and the drama, qp consecutively. Watch like a dragon 2007 online free full movie streaming and download.
Takashi miike imprint on dvd 01446692 from starz anchor bay. It is the first in a looselyconnected threepart series, followed. Masters of horror episodio imprint huella musica director. Takashi miike list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Takashi miike biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and familyfriendly. May 18, 20 takashi miike the bad boy of japanese cinema discusses his unexpected return to cannes and why he thinks restrictions on violence in movies is good for business, but not filmmaking. The ghouls next door takashi miike listen via stitcher. For his starring role in for loves sake, miike lauded, takumi saitoh was born to play hiroshi. At 408 pages, including 8 pages in full colour, agitator the cinema of takashi miike is an exhaustive, richly detailed and impeccably researched look at the work of one of the worlds most talkedabout filmmakers. Whether youre a gozu diehard or you dont know miike from mickey mouse, get ready for some eyepiercing filmmaking as we count down the 10 craziest takashi miike. Lets watching and enjoying imprint takashi miike episode 1 and many other episodes of imprint takashi miike with full hd for free.
When a young yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime familys nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. He has directed several movies a year since his first release in 1991, as well as a handful of television. Film imprint streaming ita in hd 720p, full hd 1080p, ultra hd. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental kenzaki vows to avenge his bosss death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions. Takashi miike stateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a navbar, a sidebar, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. Jul 01, 2003 agitator the cinema of takashi miike is available now from fab press. We start with christopher billy drago, a journalist, seeking his girlfriend.
Miike s rakish presence is perhaps best summed up by the title of his 2001 yakuza movie, agitator. Extreme japanese director takashi miike unleashes his penchant for brutality and surprising beauty here in a twisted tale of forbidden love and sadistic desires. Takashi miikes 10 best films, from ichi the killer to audition the japanese filmmaker is one of the most prolific directors in the world. At the age of 18 he went to study at the film school in yokohama founded by renowned director shohei imamura, primarily because there were no entrance exams.
Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. Imprint is clearly one of the highlights of season 1 of the masters of horror series. I did wonder while watching this whether just keeping the story in japanese with japanese actors would have helped. Watch masters of horror free tv series full seasons. A yakuza of chinese descent and a japanese cop each wage their own war against the japanese mafia.
The iron man 1989, maverick japanese workhorse director takashi miike became one of the most talked about filmmakers in the international festival circuit after taking audiences on kinetically unhinged and frequently disturbing joyrides as dead or alive 2000 and ichi the killer 2001. Soon, interfamily retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. I enjoyed doing this reddit, thanks for all the questions. Takashi miike full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The ghouls are covering famous, japanese horror director, takashi miike. Perhaps he, too, feels like an ageless warrior who cant possibly be harmed each time he gets behind the camera. A ghostseeing korean student must help out a girl one last time korean short film duration. Classic seventies anime series yatterman flies to the silver screen in a brilliant crimefighting explosion of candycolored camp, over the top adventure, and pure popcorn entertainment. Takashi miike miike takashi, born august 24, 1960 is a highly prolific and controversial japanese filmmaker. To me it just appeared that japan had a big market for directtovideo features in the late 80searly 90s, whereas they didnt really seem to get a foothold in the us until after dvd came along with some exceptions, like disney sequels because people. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, miike is credited with directing fifteen productions. Miike sans debut behind the camera is a martial arts movie that doesnt stand out in any particular way but its fun nonetheless.
Please note that this is a reupload as the old one was taken down. Jun 03, 2006 interview with takashi miike for bbc show japanorama. Imprint dvd has some things to say about his directtovideo work. Not only did it have one of the largest walkouts that ive ever seen, it was only after the house lights went up that i saw the aftermath of the hell that takashi miike and ryu murakami had caused. Created by essexmutant favorited 19 times, disliked 0 times, added to 24 watchlists all films, miniseries and shorts directed by the prolific and controversial japanese filmmaker takashi miike 1960. It is based on the autobiographical novel kishiwada shonen gurentai. Takashi miike is a highly prolific and controversial japanese filmmaker.
Directed by takashi miike, the episode was scheduled to premiere on january 27, 2006but was shelved by showtime over concerns about its extremely graphic and disturbing content. Apr 25, 2011 whether youre a gozu diehard or you dont know miike from mickey mouse, get ready for some eyepiercing filmmaking as we count down the 10 craziest takashi miike movies. One of the things i love about miike is that hes able to pull off unambitious commercial movies as well as the more intricate ones, and this is a very good example of the first category. Imprint 2005 starring billy drago and youki kudoh on dvd and bluray. In the 1800s, an american returns to japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the psychical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Takashi miike was born in the small town of yao on the outskirts of osaka, japan. Youll find my companion blog to this channel right here. Blues harp by takashi miike i have to go beyond this place to go anywhere. May 26, 2014 arguably miikes best serious yakuza film, the easiest way to quickly describe this one is as a takashi miike version of a takeshi kitano gangster film, especially his recent outrage titles, which this movie predates by nearly a decade. Imprint is done by the guy that brought the torturefest audition to horror, but these films arent really horror.
Building a film when almost nothing happens until the finale comes to blow every kind of audience away has been a trait even if a rare one of japanese cinema for many years, probably finding its apogee when asami stretched that piano wire in takashi miike s audition. It was later released to dvd on september 26, 2006. Imprint sulle tracce del terrore 2006 streaming in alta definizione senza limiti su cb01 ex cineblog01. Imprint sulle tracce del terrore 2006 streaming ita. I cant really speak outside of miike s work, but the masters of horror. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
Imprint is the thirteenth episode of the first season of masters of horror. Mitsuo yanagimachi does not go that far in terms of. Hanzaisha, abbreviated as doa dii o ei, is a 1999 japanese yakuza action film directed by takashi miike. Japanese horror master takashi miike searches the corpsestrewn riverbanks of 19thcentury japan in this tale of an american journalistbilly drago escaping a dark.
Ichi the killer was the first movie my wife and i watched together, imprint is one of my favorite dvds, we celebrate his entire catalog, and soon well be able to add over your dead body. The foremost names in the horror film genre, including john carpenter, dario argento and takashi miike, have joined forces to create this series featuring one hour long horror films. It stars riki takeuchi as the gang boss and former yakuza ryuichi and show aikawa as the japanese cop detective jojima and focuses on their meeting and conflict. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Oct 05, 20 todays film is takashi miike s entry into the masters of horror series that was banned from broadcast and after you see it youll know why. The film that really opened the eyes of the world to the talent of takashi miike and that together with hideo nakatas highly influential ring kickstarted the worldwide craze of jhorror, audition is widely considered to be one of miikes best films and a highlight of the japanese horror boom at the start of the millennium. What we do know is that he is dedicated and unpredictable, approaching grotesque and traumatizing narratives with childlike wonder and imagination. Im takashi miike, filmmaker of audition, assasins, ichi. Nov 14, 2017 to call japanese director miike takashi prolific can be considered an understatement.