Takashi Miike — Director (95)

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The City of Lost Souls (2000)
漂流街 THE HAZARD CITY
other title: La cité des âmes perdues / 漂流街 THE HAZARD CITY …
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.

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For Love's Sake (2012)
愛と誠 TMDB
Takashi Miike actor: Satoshi Tsumabuki / Emi Takei …
other title: 愛と誠
Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.

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The Great Yokai War (2005)
妖怪大戦争 IMDb TMDB
Takashi Miike actor: Ryūnosuke Kamiki / Hiroyuki Miyasako …
other title: La guerra dei fantasmi / Krieg der Dämonen …
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

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Graveyard of Honor (2002)
新・仁義の墓場 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Takashi Miike actor: Goro Kishitani / Narimi Arimori …
other title: Takashi Miikes: Graveyard of Honour / Cementerio Yakuza …
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

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The Bird People in China (1998)
中国の鳥人
Takashi Miike actor: Masahiro Motoki / Renji Ishibashi …
other title: The bird people in China / 中国鸟人 …
Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza, who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing.

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Visitor Q (2001)
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Takashi Miike actor: Ken'ichi Endô / Shungicu Uchida …
other title: ビジターQ / 拜访者Q …
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

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Blade of the Immortal (2017)
無限の住人
other title: L'immortale / La espada del inmortal …
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

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Part-Time Detective (2002)
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other title: パートタイム探偵 / Part-time Detective
Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi befriending Hibino, president of "K & D Research" a detective agency. This will give you the opportunity to spend a trial investigating an infidelity. So get to be a part-time detective Noriko.

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パートタイム探偵2 (2004)
パートタイム探偵2 Douban NeoDB
三池崇史 actor: 松坂庆子 / 吉田荣作 …
other title: 兼职侦探2 / Paato-taimu tantei 2
銀行に勤める夫・和男(50)と息子・光太郎(22)、娘・すみれ(17)を持つ、ごく普通の主婦・山田典子(45)。 和男の銀行が不況で賃金カットになったことから、典子は前回同様、日比野仁が所長を務める探偵会社・K&Dリサーチへパートタイムで働きたいとお願いに行った。そこへ、大手外食産業サンライズ・ダイニングに勤めるキャリアOL・小田島理恵から、「盗撮ビデオや写真が送り付けられたり、ロッカー荒らしなどの被害に遭っているので、嫌がらせをしている犯人を突き止めて欲しい」との調査依頼が舞い込む。典子は、その会社に短期のアルバイトとして潜入し、調査を始めることに…。しかし、その会社は女子社員を食い物にするセクハラ会社だった!! コピーとりなど慣れないOLの仕事に奮闘しながら、典子はティッシュ箱の中に仕込んだビデオカメラを理恵のデスクの近くに設置するなど、調査を開始。 社内をあちこち回るうちに、会社の元木専務が公園で殴り殺されたという事実を耳にする。社内では、元木専務と次期社長の座を争っていた社長の息子でみんなから『ジュニア』と陰口を言われる藤江修造副社長に専務殺しの疑いの目が向けられていた。 新社長の就任式を兼ねたレストランオープン記念イベントを手伝いながら潜入調査を続けていた典子は、バイトのバニーガールが一人病欠したことからバニーガールの格好にさせられてしまう。ところが、新社長への就任が決まっていた藤江修造副社長が時間になってもパーティー会場に現れず、就任式は急遽延期になる。やはり副社長は専務を殺した犯人で、どこかに逃走したのだろうか?! そんな中、理恵と色気をプンプンさせたお局OL・松野貴理子が引率する形で、典子は社長命令の2泊3日の新人研修で山梨へ向かうことになった。 そこで、会社創業の礎となったというワイン「尾瀬の薫り」で乾杯するが、典子は山梨県なのに「尾瀬」という名前が付けられていることに疑問を感じ、社長に質問をぶつける。社長はふと真顔になるが「そんな昔のことは忘れたな・・・」とはぐらかす。その矢先、失踪中だった藤江修造副社長が河川敷の車の中で死体となって発見される。車の中から農薬の容器と「もう逃げられない。死んでお詫びする」と書かれた遺書が発見されたことから、警察は自殺と見て捜査を始めた。 やはり副社長が専務を殺して、罪に耐えかねて自殺したのだろうか・・・? しかし、その後の捜査で修造の車の後部座席から「RIE.O」と刺繍が入ったハンカチが見つかり、捜査は急展開を見せる。理恵が副社長の自殺(または他殺)に関係していたのではないか・・・警察はそう睨んだのだった。理恵の行きつけのワインバー「okazono」に連れていかれた典子は、理恵の口から意外な事実を聞かされる。殺された元木専務は、理恵が必死で実現した企画を全部自分の手柄にしていたという。また、理恵には以前、副社長から乱暴された秘密の過去があった。「あんな奴、死んじゃえばいいのにって思ったらさ、本当に死んじゃったのよ。二人とも…」とつぶやく理恵。 典子は「まるで誰かが理恵さんの代わりに憎い人達を殺してるみたい…」と事件の裏に『因縁』を感じる。一方、理恵に対する嫌がらせの犯人が、典子が設置した隠しカメラの映像から、お局OL・松野貴理子であることが判明。そして偶然にも、その隠しカメラの映像などから、連続殺人事件に関する理恵のアリバイも証明される。依頼者・理恵に嫌がらせをしているのは誰なのか? そして誰が何のために理恵の上司二人を殺したのか? パートタイムタイム探偵・典子が、連続殺人事件の謎に挑む!

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午夜 (2024)
ミッドナイト Douban NeoDB
三池崇史 actor: 贺来贤人 / 加藤小夏 …
other title: ミッドナイト
手塚治虫による最後の週刊誌連載作品である「ミッドナイト」を映像化した本作。夜の東京で、はぐれ者のタクシードライバー・ミッドナイトはデコトラを運転していた少女・カエデと出会う。カエデがとある事情でライバル会社に命を狙われていることを知ったミッドナイトは、彼女の逃亡に手を貸すことに。ネオン街を駆け抜け、どんな道でも走ることができる“第5の車輪”を持つ改造タクシーでカーチェイスを繰り広げる。

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Shangri-La (2002)
金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々 TMDB
Takashi Miike actor: Shô Aikawa / Shirō Sano …
other title: Shangry-La / 金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々
Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

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Agitator (2001)
荒ぶる魂たち
Takashi Miike actor: Masaya Kato / Taisaku Akino …
other title: 荒ぶる魂たち / The Outlaw Souls …
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

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White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)
サラリーマン金太郎 TMDB
Takashi Miike actor: Katsunori Takahashi / Renji Ishibashi …
other title: サラリーマン金太郎
Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his lazy superior until the two men discover a plot by the competition to put the construction company out of bussiness. With the help of his old biker friends, Kintaro prepares to confront the masterminds behind the scheme.

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
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Takashi Miike actor: Kazuki Kitamura / Goro Kishitani …
other title: 如龙电影版 / 龍が如く 劇場版 …
Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.

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Full Metal Yakuza (1997)
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Takashi Miike actor: Tsuyoshi Ujiki / Tomorowo Taguchi …
other title: FULL METAL 極道
After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

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Izo (2004)
IZO
Takashi Miike actor: Kazuya Nakayama / Kaori Momoi …
other title: IZO / Izo - The world can never be changed …
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

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Osaka Tough Guys (1995)
なにわ遊侠伝 IMDb TMDB
Takashi Miike actor: Sei Hiraizumi / Kentarou Nakakura …
other title: OSAKA TOUGH GUYS / なにわ遊侠伝
Osaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderweb of the yakuza.

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Gozu (2003)
極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU
Takashi Miike actor: Shô Aikawa / Yūta Sone …
other title: 極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU / Gozu. El camino a la locura
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.