One of Miike’s most genuinely Japanese films
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After “Serpent's Path,” Kiyoshi Kurosawa immediately shot “Eyes of the Spider” based on a script written by himself and Yoichi Nishiyama, again dealing with...
After his 1997 blend of horror and thriller “Cure” Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa would go on to helm a project which may be the most interesting in his...
If one was to make a Low Ten of Miike's films, “Waru: Kanketsu-hen” would have a very high place in the list, since it managed to be even worse than the...
In an interview with IndieWire back in 1996, one year before the death of the famous Zatoichi actor Shintaro Katsu, Takashi Miike said “I plan to make some...
In his 2005 book “Save the Cat!”, the renowned tutor and screenwriter Blake Snyder argues that one tool to make a successful screenplay is to effectively...
The collage of different ideas that is usually the trademark of Miike's cinema finds one of its apogees in “Zebraman 2”, a film that manages to portray a...
After watching “Silver”, I was actually wondering if Miike have reached his nadir with this film, and whether his collaborations with Hisao Maki could turn out...
One of the earliest films that proved Miike's ability for diversity, “Shangri-La” is one of his lesser-known films, since it was never released on DVD in the...
By Wally Adams “So….What's your favorite Takashi Miike movie?” Since Miike is one of the most prolific modern directors the world has ever seen as well as the...