Sham’ is Miike at his most commercial, a tense, mid-grade courtroom drama that unfolds in predictable yet interesting ways.

Veteran Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike has been at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for the international premiere of his new sports film Blazing Fists. He also featured in the ...

There’s no denying that Takashi Miike’s “Sham” is dramatically effective. However, it may be one of the rare courtroom thrillers that is, at times, too effective for its own good.

Takashi Miike is renowned as a prolific and controversial director of super-violent and even exploitative films, Audition and Ichi the Killer being his most famous stateside. But Miike's latest ...

Takashi Miike is one of the best directors working in cinema. He recently celebrated his hundredth film with the manga adaptation Blade of the Immortal, and this year he’s following that ...

Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to cult Japanese director Takashi Miike's bloody romantic comedy 'First Love,' which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last month.

Filmart Flashback: In 2001, Takashi Miike Brought Ultra Violence to the Mainstream with ‘Ichi the Killer’ The iconoclastic auteur's gonzo exercise in unrepentant nihilism was so extreme it was ...

An overly flippant title for what is an alternately staid and savagely gruesome exercise, “Over Your Dead Body” is the latest by the prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike, who is always a ...

Review: Takashi Miike goes big with bloody action in epic ‘Blade of the Immortal’ By Noel Murray Nov. 3, 2017 8:20 AM PT ...