A pioneer of a man convinces his family to take advantage of news of a road soon to be built through an area of the country that can be had for next to nothing. Read More »
Tag Archives: Takashi Miike
Negotiator (2003) Takashi Miike, Hiroshi Mikami, Mayu Tsuruta, Shirô Sano
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Read More »
Lesson of the Evil (2012) Takashi Miike, Takayuki Yamada, Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body. Read More »
Blues Harp (1998) Takashi Miike, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Seiichi Tanabe, Saori Sekino
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Read More »
Gokudô sengokushi: Fudô / Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) Takashi Miike, Shôsuke Tanihara, Miho Nomoto, Tamaki Kenmochi, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set on the island of Kyushu, it tells the story of successful high school student Riki Fudoh, who leads a double life in organized crime. Read More »
Bijitâ Q / Visitor Q (2001) Takashi Miike, Ken’ichi Endô, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Comedy, Drama, Horror
A father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. Read More »
Ichimei / Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) Takashi Miike, Kôji Yakusho, Munetaka Aoki, Naoto Takenaka, Drama
An 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.
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Imprint (2006) Takashi Miike, Billy Drago, Shihô Harumi, Michié, Horror
In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher is traveling through the country searching Komomo, the missing love of his life that he had abandoned years ago promising to come back to her later. He arrives in a shadowy island inhabited by whores and caftans, where he has an encounter with a deformed prostitute that tells that his beloved Komomo had passed away. He drinks sake with her and later he asks the woman to tell the story of her life. The prostitute discloses a dark and cruel story about her life and the sad fate of Komomo.
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