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Best to Worst of Takashi Miike

by MrSteveDerry • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
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  • The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

    1. 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
  • Visitor Q (2001)

    2. Visitor Q

    20011h 24mR
    6.5 (18K)
    A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKen'ichi EndôShungiku UchidaKazushi Watanabe
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    3. 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
  • The Great Yokai War (2005)

    4. The Great Yokai War

    20052h 4mPG-1363Metascore
    6.3 (2.8K)
    A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyûnosuke KamikiHiroyuki MiyasakoChiaki Kuriyama
  • Gozu (2003)

    5. 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
  • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Motoki Fukami, and Hiroshi Watanabe in Crows Zero (2007)

    6. Crows Zero

    20072h 10m
    7.0 (9.3K)
    A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa Kuroki
  • Graveyard of Honor (2002)

    7. 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
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

    8. 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
  • Kazuki Kitamura and Kyôsuke Yabe in The Way to Fight (1996)

    9. The Way to Fight

    19961h 54mVideo
    6.9 (194)
    In 1970's Japan, two hot-headed rival high school students, Kazuyoshi and Takeshi, are set for an inevitable showdown. Unfortunately, their personal lives, and those they are intertwined, always get in their way.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakeshi CaesarRyoko ImamuraKazuki Kitamura
  • Rainy Dog (1997)

    10. Rainy Dog

    19971h 35mNot Rated
    7.0 (3K)
    A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaLi-Wei ChangShih Chang
  • Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (2001)

    11. 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
  • Michié in Masters of Horror (2005)

    12. Masters of Horror

    Episode: 

    Imprint

    (2006)
    2005–20071h 3mTV-MATV Episode
    6.9 (7.9K)
    In the 1800s, an American returns to Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBilly DragoShihô HarumiMichié
  • Kô Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)

    13. 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
  • 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
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012)

    15. 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
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002)

    16. Dead or Alive: Final

    20021h 29mNot Rated34Metascore
    5.6 (2.9K)
    The ace cop of a totalitarian police force and a drifting android play their parts in a post-apocalyptic society. They are destined to fight. Their encounter will change them forever.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaMaria ChenRichard Chen
  • Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)

    17. Young Thugs: Innocent Blood

    19971h 48m
    6.5 (447)
    A group of high school graduates transition into adulthood in a dangerous and violent town in Japan.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakeshi CaesarSeiji ChiharaNoriko Eguchi
  • Ley Lines (1999)

    18. Ley Lines

    19991h 45mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.9K)
    A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKazuki KitamuraTomorô TaguchiDan Li
  • Ace Attorney (2012)

    19. Ace Attorney

    20122h 15m
    6.5 (3.2K)
    Following the murder of his mentor, rookie Defense Attorney Phoenix Wright must find the truth behind not only her death, but that of an unsolved case from 15 years prior.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHiroki NarimiyaTakumi SaitôMirei Kiritani
  • 13 Assassins (2010)

    20. 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
  • Blues Harp (1998)

    21. Blues Harp

    19981h 47m
    7.0 (1.2K)
    Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguard's growing jealousy of Chuji.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHiroyuki IkeuchiSeiichi TanabeSaori Sekino
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

    22. 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
  • Full Metal gokudô (1997)

    23. Full Metal gokudô

    19971h 42mVideo
    6.0 (2K)
    An inexperienced gangster is killed alongside his strong, respected boss and awakens to find a mad scientist has given him a new body made partly of his boss and partly of indestructible bionics.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTsuyoshi UjikiTomorô TaguchiTakeshi Caesar
  • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Yû Koyanagi, and Nobuaki Kaneko in Crows Zero II (2009)

    24. Crows Zero II

    20092h 13m
    7.2 (5.7K)
    Tension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa Kuroki
  • Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

    25. 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

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