Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike

Known for
Directing
Born
August 24, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Takashi Miike (三池 崇史 Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions. His films range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly.

Known For

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Filmography

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Untitled Kyoto Project

Untitled Kyoto Project

Movie · Director

2026
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo poster

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo

Movie · Director

2026
Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki poster

Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki

Movie · Director

2026
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

TV · Director · 2 eps

2026
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢” poster

富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

TV · Director · 2 eps

2025
Blazing Fists poster

Blazing Fists

Movie · Director

2025
New Abarenbō Shōgun poster

New Abarenbō Shōgun

Movie · Director

2025
Sham poster

Sham

Movie · Director

2025
Nyaight of the Living Cat poster

Nyaight of the Living Cat

TV · Other · 12 eps

2025
Masked NINJA Akakage poster

Masked NINJA Akakage

TV · Director · 20 eps

2023
Lumberjack the Monster poster

Lumberjack the Monster

Movie · Director

2023
Inspector Daimajin poster

Inspector Daimajin

TV · Director · 8 eps

2023
Onimusha poster

Onimusha

TV · Other · 8 eps

2022
Connect poster

Connect

TV · Director · 6 eps

2022
RizSta -Top of Artists!- poster

RizSta -Top of Artists!-

TV · Director · 38 eps

2021
The Mole Song: Final poster

The Mole Song: Final

Movie · Director

2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians poster

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

Movie · Director

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

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

Movie · Director

2021
Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers! poster

Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers!

TV · Director · 50 eps

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

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

Movie · Director

2020
Police × Warrior Love Patrina ! poster

Police × Warrior Love Patrina !

TV · Director · 48 eps

2019
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · Director

2019
That Moment, My Heart Cried poster

That Moment, My Heart Cried

Movie · Director

2019
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! poster

Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!

TV · Director · 64 eps

2018
Laplace's Witch poster

Laplace's Witch

Movie · Director

2018
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures! poster

Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

TV · Director · 51 eps

2017
Blade of the Immortal poster

Blade of the Immortal

Movie · Director

2017
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 poster

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

Movie · Director

2017
Idol × Warrior: Miracle Tunes! Pilot poster

Idol × Warrior: Miracle Tunes! Pilot

Movie · Director

2017
Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! poster

Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes!

TV · Director · 51 eps

2016
Terra Formars poster

Terra Formars

Movie · Director

2016
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio poster

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio

Movie · Director

2015
Yakuza Apocalypse poster

Yakuza Apocalypse

Movie · Director

2015
The Lion Standing in the Wind poster

The Lion Standing in the Wind

Movie · Director

2014
Over Your Dead Body poster

Over Your Dead Body

Movie · Director

2014
As the Gods Will poster

As the Gods Will

Movie · Director

2013
Blue Planet Brothers poster

Blue Planet Brothers

Movie · Director

2013
Shield of Straw poster

Shield of Straw

Movie · Director

2013
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji poster

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

Movie · Director

2013
Higanjima poster

Higanjima

TV · Director · 10 eps

2012
Ace Attorney poster

Ace Attorney

Movie · Director

2012
Lesson of the Evil poster

Lesson of the Evil

Movie · Director

2012
For Love's Sake poster

For Love's Sake

Movie · Director

2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai poster

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Movie · Director

2011
Ninja Kids!!! poster

Ninja Kids!!!

Movie · Director

2011
QP poster

QP

TV · Director · 12 eps

2010
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City poster

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

Movie · Director

2010
13 Assassins poster

13 Assassins

Movie · Director

2009
Yatterman poster

Yatterman

Movie · Director

2009
Crows Zero II poster

Crows Zero II

Movie · Director

2008
God's Puzzle poster

God's Puzzle

Movie · Director

2008
Zatoichi Live poster

Zatoichi Live

Movie · Director

2008
Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot poster

Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot

Movie · Director

2008
Cellphone Investigator 7 poster

Cellphone Investigator 7

TV · Director · 3 eps

2007
Sukiyaki Western Django poster

Sukiyaki Western Django

Movie · Director

2007
Detective Story poster

Detective Story

Movie · Director

2007
Crows Zero poster

Crows Zero

Movie · Director

2007
Pledge To Peace poster

Pledge To Peace

Movie · Director

2007
Yakuza: Like a Dragon poster

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Movie · Director

2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A poster

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

Movie · Director

2006
Sun Scarred poster

Sun Scarred

Movie · Director

2006
Waru poster

Waru

Movie · Director

2006
Waru: The End poster

Waru: The End

Movie · Director

2006
Imprint poster

Imprint

Movie · Director

2006
Like a Dragon: Prologue poster

Like a Dragon: Prologue

Movie · Director

2005
Demon Pond poster

Demon Pond

Movie · Director

2005
The Great Yokai War poster

The Great Yokai War

Movie · Director

2005
Live Golden Years Thanks 0201 at BUDOKAN poster

Live Golden Years Thanks 0201 at BUDOKAN

Movie · Director

2005
Arthouse Ultraman poster

Arthouse Ultraman

Movie · Director

2005
Ultraman Max poster

Ultraman Max

TV · Director · 2 eps

2004
Izo poster

Izo

Movie · Director

2004
Three... Extremes poster

Three... Extremes

Movie · Director

2004
Zebraman poster

Zebraman

Movie · Director

2004
Making of Zebraman poster

Making of Zebraman

Movie · Director

2004
Part-Time Detective 2 poster

Part-Time Detective 2

Movie · Director

2003
Gozu poster

Gozu

Movie · Director

2003
One Missed Call poster

One Missed Call

Movie · Director

2003
The Negotiator poster

The Negotiator

Movie · Director

2003
The Man in White poster

The Man in White

Movie · Director

2003
Yakuza Demon poster

Yakuza Demon

Movie · Director

2003
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion poster

The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion

Movie · Director

2002
Graveyard of Honor poster

Graveyard of Honor

Movie · Director

2002
Dead or Alive: Final poster

Dead or Alive: Final

Movie · Director

2002
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka poster

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

Movie · Director

2002
Shangri-La poster

Shangri-La

Movie · Director

2002
The Happiness of the Katakuris poster

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Movie · Director

2002
Sabu poster

Sabu

Movie · Director

2002
Kumamoto Stories poster

Kumamoto Stories

Movie · Director

2002
Part-Time Detective poster

Part-Time Detective

Movie · Director

2001
Visitor Q poster

Visitor Q

Movie · Director

2001
Agitator poster

Agitator

Movie · Director

2001
Ichi the Killer poster

Ichi the Killer

Movie · Director

2001
The Guys from Paradise poster

The Guys from Paradise

Movie · Director

2001
Family poster

Family

Movie · Director

2001
Family 2 poster

Family 2

Movie · Director

2000
Audition poster

Audition

Movie · Director

2000
Dead or Alive 2: Birds poster

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Movie · Director

2000
The City of Lost Souls poster

The City of Lost Souls

Movie · Director

2000
Making of Gemini

Making of Gemini

Movie · Director

2000
MPD Psycho poster

MPD Psycho

TV · Director · 6 eps

1999
Dead or Alive poster

Dead or Alive

Movie · Director

1999
Silver poster

Silver

Movie · Director

1999
Ley Lines poster

Ley Lines

Movie · Director

1999
White-Collar Worker Kintaro poster

White-Collar Worker Kintaro

Movie · Director

1999
N-Girls Vs Vampire

N-Girls Vs Vampire

Movie · Director

1999
Man, a Natural Girl poster

Man, a Natural Girl

TV · Director · 3 eps

1998
The Bird People in China poster

The Bird People in China

Movie · Director

1998
Blues Harp poster

Blues Harp

Movie · Director

1998
Young Thugs: Nostalgia poster

Young Thugs: Nostalgia

Movie · Director

1998
Andromedia poster

Andromedia

Movie · Director

1997
Rainy Dog poster

Rainy Dog

Movie · Director

1997
Full Metal Yakuza poster

Full Metal Yakuza

Movie · Director

1997
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood poster

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood

Movie · Director

1997
Ambition Without Honor 2

Ambition Without Honor 2

Movie · Director

1996
Fudoh: The New Generation poster

Fudoh: The New Generation

Movie · Director

1996
The Way to Fight poster

The Way to Fight

Movie · Director

1996
New Third Gangster II poster

New Third Gangster II

Movie · Director

1996
New Third Gangster poster

New Third Gangster

Movie · Director

1996
Ambition Without Honor poster

Ambition Without Honor

Movie · Director

1996
Peanuts poster

Peanuts

Movie · Director

1995
Shinjuku Triad Society poster

Shinjuku Triad Society

Movie · Director

1995
Osaka Tough Guys poster

Osaka Tough Guys

Movie · Director

1995
The Third Gangster poster

The Third Gangster

Movie · Director

1995
Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2 poster

Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2

Movie · Director

1994
Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage poster

Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage

Movie · Director

1994
Shinjuku Outlaw poster

Shinjuku Outlaw

Movie · Director

1993
Bodyguard Kiba poster

Bodyguard Kiba

Movie · Director

1993
We're No Angels poster

We're No Angels

Movie · Director

1993
We're No Angels 2 poster

We're No Angels 2

Movie · Director

1992
A Human Murder Weapon poster

A Human Murder Weapon

Movie · Director

1991
Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder poster

Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder

Movie · Director

1991
Last Run: 100 Million Yen's Worth of Love and Betrayal

Last Run: 100 Million Yen's Worth of Love and Betrayal

Movie · Director

1991
Eyecatch Junction poster

Eyecatch Junction

Movie · Director

1991
Shimanto River poster

Shimanto River

Movie · First Assistant Director

1990
Ronin-gai poster

Ronin-gai

Movie · Assistant Director

1990
Peesuke: Gatapishi story poster

Peesuke: Gatapishi story

Movie · Assistant Director

1989
Black Rain poster

Black Rain

Movie · Assistant Director

1989
Saga of the Phoenix poster

Saga of the Phoenix

Movie · Assistant Director

1988
The Peacock King poster

The Peacock King

Movie · Assistant Director

1988
Tomorrow poster

Tomorrow

Movie · Assistant Director

1988
墓場から生きかえった男 poster

墓場から生きかえった男

Movie · Assistant Director

1987
Zegen poster

Zegen

Movie · Assistant Director

1987
This Story of Love poster

This Story of Love

Movie · Assistant Director