Takashi Miike

I've got nothing but respect for Takashi Miike, honestly. This is a guy from Yao in Osaka who shoots like the camera might rust if he stops, cranking out movies at a pace that frankly shouldn't be humanly possible. And the range is what gets me: you brace yourself for some gleefully nasty violence, then he hands you a tender kids' movie, a samurai epic, a manga adaptation, a slow-burn nightmare that crawls under your skin. You never quite know which Miike you're getting, and that unpredictability is the whole charm. He clearly works fast and trusts his gut, never precious about it. I think that's exactly why cinephiles abroad adore him so much, he refuses to sit in any one box. Japanese film is more fun because oddball lifers like him exist, and I'm glad they do.

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Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor born on August 24, 1960, in Yao, Osaka Prefecture. A graduate of the Japan Film University, he is internationally recognized for his prolific output and genre-spanning range, working across violent crime films, horror, musicals, children's features, and jidaigeki period dramas. He received the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director in 2010 and has also been honored with the Mainichi Film Award for Best Director.

Name (English)

Takashi Miike

Name (Japanese)

三池崇史

Reading

みいけ たかし

Born

August 24, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Active years

1991 -

University

Japan Film University

Awards & achievements

• Nikkan Sports Film Award – Best Director (2010)
• Mainichi Film Award – Best Director (year unknown)

Works summary

Appearances

186 (1981–2026)

By year

1981: 2, 1982: 1, 1983: 3, 1985: 2, 1986: 1, 1987: 1, 1988: 2, 1989: 1, 1990: 2, 1991: 3, 1992: 2, 1993: 4, 1994: 2, 1995: 7, 1996: 4, 1997: 4, 1998: 6, 1999: 6, 2000: 5, 2001: 6, 2002: 14, 2003: 8, 2004: 7, 2005: 5, 2006: 5, 2007: 7, 2008: 2, 2009: 3, 2010: 4, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 2, 2014: 3, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 5, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2021: 5, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 5, 2026: 3

Debut work

加山雄三のブラック・ジャック

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%B1%A0%E5%B4%87%E5%8F%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185421

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Film Director
• Film Producer
• Screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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