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Takashi Miike - Best to Worst

by unwantedaddress • Created 11 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
One of the most unpredictable directors in that he seems to make a little bit of everything, and can go from mainstream to utterly bizarre at the drop of a hat. Here's the list of my Takashi Miike views from best to worst (in my opinion).
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  • 13 Assassins (2010)

    1. 13 Assassins

    20102h 21mR84Metascore
    7.5 (71K)
    A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKôji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke Iseya
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

    2. Dead or Alive 2: Birds

    20001h 37mNot Rated
    6.7 (4.3K)
    Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiki TakeuchiNoriko Aota
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012)

    3. Lesson of the Evil

    20122h 9mNot Rated
    6.6 (7.1K)
    A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakehiro HiraFumi NikaidôShôta Sometani
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    4. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (96K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
  • Over Your Dead Body (2014)

    5. Over Your Dead Body

    20141h 33mNot Rated
    6.1 (1.7K)
    Fiction begins to bleed into reality for actors (Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito) as they rehearse a stage production of a classic Japanese ghost story.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiHitomi KatayamaHideaki Itô
  • The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

    6. The Happiness of the Katakuris

    20011h 53mR60Metascore
    6.9 (10K)
    A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKenji SawadaKeiko MatsuzakaShinji Takeda
  • Kô Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)

    7. One Missed Call

    20031h 52mR54Metascore
    6.2 (20K)
    Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue Fukiishi
  • Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

    8. Fudoh: The New Generation

    19961h 38m
    7.0 (4K)
    In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShôsuke TaniharaMiho NomotoTamaki Kenmochi
  • Takuya Kimura in Blade of the Immortal (2017)

    9. Blade of the Immortal

    20172h 20mR72Metascore
    6.7 (20K)
    Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakuya KimuraHana SugisakiSôta Fukushi
  • Gozu (2003)

    10. Gozu

    20032h 9mRVideo58Metascore
    6.9 (13K)
    A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsYûta SoneKimika YoshinoShôhei Hino
  • Takashi Miike, Nao Ômori, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Lily Franky, Atsuko Maeda, Shôta Sometani, Sôta Fukushi, Ryôsuke Yamamoto, Hirona Yamazaki, Mio Yûki, Minori Hagiwara, Nana Komatsu, and Nijirô Murakami in As the Gods Will (2014)

    11. As the Gods Will

    20141h 57mTV-MA
    6.3 (9.1K)
    A group of high school students are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsSôta FukushiHirona YamazakiRyûnosuke Kamiki
  • Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (2001)

    12. Ichi the Killer

    20012h 9m55Metascore
    6.9 (62K)
    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya Tsukamoto
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

    13. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    20112h 8mNot Rated76Metascore
    7.3 (9.8K)
    A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKôji YakushoMunetaka AokiNaoto Takenaka
  • Shô Aikawa in Zebraman (2004)

    14. Zebraman

    20041h 55m62Metascore
    6.5 (3.8K)
    A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaKyôka SuzukiAtsurô Watabe
  • Graveyard of Honor (2002)

    15. Graveyard of Honor

    20022h 11mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.4K)
    A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsGorô KishitaniRyôsuke MikiNarimi Arimori
  • Denden, Reiko Takashima, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Hayato Ichihara, Ryushin Tei, Lily Franky, Riko Narumi, Masanori Mimoto, Yayan Ruhian, Shô Aoyagi, and Mio Yûki in Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

    16. Yakuza Apocalypse

    20151h 55mR62Metascore
    5.5 (4.7K)
    In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among Kamiura's gang is Kageyama, his most loyal underling. However, the others in the gang view Kageyama with disdain and ridicule him for his inability to get tattooed due to sensitive skin. One day, assassins aware of boss Kamiura's secret arrive from abroad and deliver him an ultimatum: Return to the international syndicate he left years ago, or die. Kamiura refuses and, during a fierce battle with anime-otaku martial-arts expert Kyoken, is torn limb from limb. With his dying breath, Kamiura bites Kageyama, passing on his vampire powers to the unsuspecting yakuza. As he begins to awaken to his newfound abilities, Kageyama's desire to avenge the murder of boss Kamiura sets him on a course for a violent confrontation with Kaeru-kun, the foreign syndicate's mysterious and seemingly unstoppable leader!
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHayato IchiharaRiko NarumiShô Aoyagi
  • Kikoku (2003)

    17. Kikoku

    20031h 40mVideo
    6.8 (694)
    Two brothers in a very small branch of the Japanese crime syndicate must make a hard choice when their loyalties are stretched in too many directions.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRiki TakeuchiYûta SoneMickey Curtis
  • Detective Story (2007)

    18. Detective Story

    20071h 39m
    6.3 (872)
    A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKai AtôTomoharu HasegawaPâko Hayashiya
  • Naniwa yuukyôden (1995)

    19. Naniwa yuukyôden

    19951h 41mVideo
    6.3 (295)
    In this quirky comedy, two high school boys seek quick cash and inadvertently join the Japanese mafia.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShigeki FujitaRyuzo FukumotoHaccaku
  • Dead or Alive (1999)

    20. Dead or Alive

    19991h 45mUnrated49Metascore
    6.7 (8.8K)
    A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiki TakeuchiRenji Ishibashi
  • Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)

    21. Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

    20101h 46m
    5.9 (867)
    Zebraman awakens fifteen years in the future, unclear on what has happened to him, and quickly discovers that the evil Zebra Queen has a hold on Tokyo.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiisa NakaTsuyoshi Abe
  • Yattâman (2009)

    22. Yattâman

    20091h 51m
    5.9 (2.1K)
    A toy shop owner/hero and his assistant/heroine battle a leather-clad vixen and her minions to prevent them from acquiring the pieces of a mystical skull.
    DirectorsTakashi MiikeEisuke NaitôHatsuki YokooStarsShô SakuraiSaki FukudaKyôko Fukada
  • Riki Takeuchi in Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)

    23. Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

    20021h 36m
    6.7 (1.8K)
    When his beloved boss is killed, a dangerous young gangster cuts a path of vengeance through the Japanese mafia.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRiki TakeuchiRyôsuke MikiKen'ichi Endô
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

    24. Sukiyaki Western Django

    20072h 1mR55Metascore
    6.1 (16K)
    A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHideaki ItôKôichi SatôQuentin Tarantino
  • Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

    25. Young Thugs: Nostalgia

    19981h 34m
    7.1 (569)
    A young boy grows up in a violent and dysfunctional family.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakeshi CaesarSetsuko KarasumaYûki Nagata

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