The films of Takashi Miike

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:59 am

Anyone here into the films of amazingly prolific and strange director Takashi Miike? (some films he has directed: Audition, Fudoh: The New Generation, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, the Dead or Alive trilogy, Gozu, the Black Society Trilogy, Full Metal Yakuza, etc.) If so, what is your favorite of his works, and why?

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:25 am

I've only seen Audition, which was pretty cool, fairly run of the mill as Japanese horror movies go, that weird ghost story with rust poisoning feel if you know what I mean, but the last 15 minutes was powerful/emotionally blunting.

J$

john m · Post by **john m** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:15 pm

I should get my buddy Tom to get on the boards. (The Tom that came with me to SF Austin.) Miike is his favorite director, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's seen all of those. (I know for a fact he's seen Ichi, Q, and Audition.)

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:41 am

Gozu is great. It was surprisingly like a David Lynch movie, but stranger.

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:57 am

I love LOVE his shit. Too bad for me (and Glenn) that we live in such a bumblescum backwoods town with no "cool" video places. Blockbuster is about it...

I have a question about Ichi The Killer, though. I watched it at someone's house and I only saw the first hour...does it get better? Because the first hour was BORING compared to Dead Or Alive (but that ending in Dead or Alive...wtf?!?!). But everyone jocks on Ichi, and the only way for me to see it would be to order it and buy it without seeing it.

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:26 am

Justincombustion wrote:but that ending in Dead or Alive...

Best ending ever.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:51 pm

Ichi the Killer was innnntense. I still don't know if I enjoyed it or not. Did Miike do Sharkskin Man and Butterfly Hip Girl? Or was that someone else. That movie was really good, but I didn't know it was until the very end.