FILM DIRECTOR

Takashi Miike

1960 - Today

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Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. 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 movies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takashi Miike has received more than 2,026,656 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Takashi Miike is the 432nd most popular film director (up from 446th in 2019), the 660th most popular biography from Japan and the 21st most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 32

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  • 4.79

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  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Takashi Miike ranks 432 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Eustache, Chuck Lorre, Ladislao Vajda, Oskar Fischinger, Maurice Pialat, and David Yates. After him are Walter Lantz, Bo Widerberg, Delmer Daves, Yuri Norstein, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Arthur Hiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Takashi Miike ranks 96. Before him are Gia Carangi, Melissa Leo, Merlene Ottey, Gjorge Ivanov, Kevin Carter, and Ersin Tatar. After him are Fabiola Gianotti, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Kim Wilde, Susanne Bier, Axel Rudi Pell, and Marcel Koller.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takashi Miike ranks 660 out of 6,245. Before him are Keisuke Okada (1868), Emperor Sanjō (976), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866). After him are Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Shogo Kamo (1915), and Riyoko Ikeda (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Takashi Miike ranks 21. Before him are Satoshi Kon (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), and Kon Ichikawa (1915). After him are Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Seijun Suzuki (1923), and Gorō Miyazaki (1967).

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Filmography

Audition
Director
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
Oct 6o 19997.114 / 10
Ichi the Killer
Director
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.
Dec 22o 20016.993 / 10
13 Assassins
Director
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Sep 9o 20107.3 / 10