Takashi Miike (ä¸‰æ± å´‡å ², Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is
a Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over one hundred theatrical,
video and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films
run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and
bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly.Miike was born in Yao, Osaka
Prefecture, to a Nikkei family originally from the Kumamoto
Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. During World War II, his
grandfather was stationed in China and Korea, and his father was born
in Seoul in today's South Korea. His father worked as a welder and his
mother as seamstress. Although he claimed to have attended classes
only rarely, he graduated from Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast
and Film (Yokohama HÅ sÅ Eiga Senmon GakkÅ ) under the guidance of
renowned filmmaker Shohei Imamura, the founder and Dean of that
institution.Miike's first films were television productions, but he
also began directing several direct-to-video V-Cinema releases. Miike
still directs V-Cinema productions intermittently due to the creative
freedom afforded by the less stringent censorship of the medium and
the riskier content that the producers will allow.Miike's theatrical
debut was the film The Third Gangster (Daisan no gokudÅ ). However, it
was Shinjuku Triad Society (1995) that was the first of his theatrical
releases to gain public attention. The film showcased his extreme
style and his recurring themes, and its success gave him the freedom
to work on higher-budgeted pictures. Shinjuku Triad Society is also
the first film in what is labeled his "Black Society Trilogy", which
also includes Rainy Dog (1997) and Ley Lines (1999). He gained
international fame in 2000 when his romantic horror film Audition
(1999), his violent yakuza epic Dead or Alive (1999), and his
controversial adaptation of the manga Ichi the Killer played at
international film festivals. He has since gained a strong cult
following in the West that is growing with the increase in DVD
releases of his works. His film Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His 2013
film Straw Shield was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes
Film Festival.
a Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over one hundred theatrical,
video and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films
run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and
bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly.Miike was born in Yao, Osaka
Prefecture, to a Nikkei family originally from the Kumamoto
Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. During World War II, his
grandfather was stationed in China and Korea, and his father was born
in Seoul in today's South Korea. His father worked as a welder and his
mother as seamstress. Although he claimed to have attended classes
only rarely, he graduated from Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast
and Film (Yokohama HÅ sÅ Eiga Senmon GakkÅ ) under the guidance of
renowned filmmaker Shohei Imamura, the founder and Dean of that
institution.Miike's first films were television productions, but he
also began directing several direct-to-video V-Cinema releases. Miike
still directs V-Cinema productions intermittently due to the creative
freedom afforded by the less stringent censorship of the medium and
the riskier content that the producers will allow.Miike's theatrical
debut was the film The Third Gangster (Daisan no gokudÅ ). However, it
was Shinjuku Triad Society (1995) that was the first of his theatrical
releases to gain public attention. The film showcased his extreme
style and his recurring themes, and its success gave him the freedom
to work on higher-budgeted pictures. Shinjuku Triad Society is also
the first film in what is labeled his "Black Society Trilogy", which
also includes Rainy Dog (1997) and Ley Lines (1999). He gained
international fame in 2000 when his romantic horror film Audition
(1999), his violent yakuza epic Dead or Alive (1999), and his
controversial adaptation of the manga Ichi the Killer played at
international film festivals. He has since gained a strong cult
following in the West that is growing with the increase in DVD
releases of his works. His film Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His 2013
film Straw Shield was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes
Film Festival.
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