Portrait of Takashi Miike

Directing

Takashi Miike

Career

Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2002 with 9 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fudoh: The New Generation
Fudoh: The New Generation
GoodWatch score85/100

Characters

1

The characters Takashi Miike played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takashi Miike Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Romance
    2.6, average 3.8
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 25
  • Social Commentary 12
  • Gang Warfare 11
  • Crime Drama 10
  • Revenge 8
  • Psychological Thriller 8
  • Fast-Paced 7
  • Coming-of-Age 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Mystery 6
  • Yakuza 6
  • Extreme Violence 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

136
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Untitled Kyoto Project
Untitled Kyoto Project

Director, Idea

2020s

10 titles · average score 64
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (2026)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki
Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki (2026)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Sham
Sham (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Blazing Fists
Blazing Fists (2025)

Director

New Abarenbō Shōgun
New Abarenbō Shōgun (2025)

Director

Lumberjack the Monster
Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

The Great Yokai War: Guardians
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

The Mole Song: Final
The Mole Song: Final (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! Movie Version ~Challenge from a Phantom Thief! Let's Arrest with Love and a Pat!~
Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! Movie Version ~Challenge from a Phantom Thief! Let's Arrest with Love and a Pat!~ (2021)

Director

Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~ (2020)

Director

2010s

23 titles · average score 63
First Love
First Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

Laplace's Witch
Laplace's Witch (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Blade of the Immortal
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

Director

Terra Formars
Terra Formars (2016)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Yakuza Apocalypse
Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

As the Gods Will
As the Gods Will (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Lesson of the Evil
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as Member of courtroom gallery

For Love's Sake
For Love's Sake (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

13 Assassins
13 Assassins (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

Director

2000s

56 titles · average score 63
Crows Zero II
Crows Zero II (2009)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Crows Zero
Crows Zero (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Sukiyaki Western Django
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

Imprint
Imprint (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Great Yokai War
The Great Yokai War (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay, Director

Three... Extremes
Three... Extremes (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

One Missed Call
One Missed Call (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Gozu
Gozu (2003)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Ichi the Killer
Ichi the Killer (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Visitor Q
Visitor Q (2001)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Audition
Audition (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

1990s

39 titles · average score 63
Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (1999)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Ley Lines
Ley Lines (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

White-Collar Worker Kintaro
White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

The Bird People in China
The Bird People in China (1998)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Blues Harp
Blues Harp (1998)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Andromedia
Andromedia (1998)
GoodWatch score 39

Director

Full Metal Yakuza
Full Metal Yakuza (1997)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Rainy Dog
Rainy Dog (1997)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Fudoh: The New Generation
Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

Shinjuku Triad Society
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 65
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

as Factory Worker

Saga of the Phoenix
Saga of the Phoenix (1989)
GoodWatch score 47

Assistant Director

The Peacock King
The Peacock King (1988)
GoodWatch score 63

Assistant Director

Tomorrow
Tomorrow (1988)

Assistant Director

墓場から生きかえった男
墓場から生きかえった男 (1988)

Assistant Director

Zegen
Zegen (1987)
GoodWatch score 72

Assistant Director

This Story of Love
This Story of Love (1987)

Assistant Director