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He always wants to shock everyone with something new. On the work of Japanese film director Miike Takashi

https://doi.org/10.24411/0235-8182-2018-10016

Abstract

This article is devoted to the creativity of the cult film director Miike Takashi who has released over hundred films, video and television production since his debut in 1991. His works are usually associated with merciless murders, cruelty, blood, absurdity and unreal dreams. But at the same time even in the toughest of them there are always the touching sentiment moments. «Blade of Immortal» is his 100th and the first full-length English-language film, premiered at Cannes Film Festival last year. But foreign viewers remember this director for his most exciting psychological thriller «Audition», which brought him world fame. In his huge filmography the biggest place is occupied by criminal dramas - «Beyond the Limits», «The Brotherhood of the Yakuza: the War of Clans». But there are other works: funny and easy children films - «Zebra Man», «The Great War of Goblins», historical saga «Sabu», youth drama «Andromedia», many remakes of the old samurai movies - «13 Assassins» «Harakiri» and the films, which are based on the manga, anime and computer games etc. Moreover, among the works of Miike you can find an obvious mainstream, created for commercial success - «One Missed Call», and art-house tapes - «Izo», numerous motion pictures of the category «B» - «The Happiness of the Katakuris». The critics write about Miike different things, believing him to be one of the 10 Asian geniuses and recognizing him almost as a trendsetter for modern Japanese cinema in the West. Others, on the contrary, consider him as an artisan and a trash master. But anyway, today Miike is one of the brightest figures in Japanese cinema.

About the Author

E. L. Katasonova
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


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Katasonova E.L. He always wants to shock everyone with something new. On the work of Japanese film director Miike Takashi. Yearbook Japan. 2018;47:332-349. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24411/0235-8182-2018-10016

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