Takashi Miike

What are Takashi Miike's films like?

Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Takashi Miike's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

• Tubi14 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Black Rain (1989) · actor · free
  • 13 Assassins (2010) · director · free
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) · director · free
  • Ichi the Killer (2001) · director · free
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017) · director · free
  • First Love (2019) · director · free
  • Zebraman (2004) · director · free
  • The Great Yokai War (2005) · director, writer · free
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · director, writer · free
  • Izo (2004) · director · free
  • Over Your Dead Body (2014) · director · free
  • Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors (2025) · director · free
  • +2 more
• Fandor7 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Black Rain (1989) · actor
  • Audition (1999) · director
  • Ichi the Killer (2001) · director
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000) · director
  • The Great Yokai War (2005) · director, writer
  • Over Your Dead Body (2014) · director
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002) · director
• Prime Video6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • 13 Assassins (2010) · director
  • Three... Extremes (2004) · director · free
  • First Love (2019) · director
  • Zebraman (2004) · director
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · director, writer
  • Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors (2025) · director
• Pluto TV5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) · director · free
  • Ichi the Killer (2001) · director · free
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017) · director · free
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · director, writer · free
  • Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) · director · free
• AMC+4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Three... Extremes (2004) · director
  • One Missed Call (2003) · director
  • Hostel (2005) · actor
  • Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000) · actor
• MUBI4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) · director
  • Ichi the Killer (2001) · director
  • First Love (2019) · director
  • Dead or Alive (1999) · director
• The Roku Channel4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017) · director · free
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · director, writer · free
  • Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors (2025) · director · free
  • Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) · director · free
• Shudder3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Three... Extremes (2004) · director
  • One Missed Call (2003) · director
  • Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000) · actor
• Netflix2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Onimusha (2023) · director
  • Lumberjack the Monster (2023) · director
• Crunchyroll1 title
  • Nyaight of the Living Cat (2025) · director
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Connect (2022) · director
• Peacock1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Hostel (2005) · actor
• The Criterion Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Ronin Gai (1990) · assistant director

Subscription and free streaming for Takashi Miike's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

169 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo(2026)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films43^rd
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  Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Director
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  富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Show 2 episodes · Director
• 富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Show 2 episodes · Director
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  Masked NINJA Akakage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Show 20 episodes · Director
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  Nyaight of the Living Cat(2025)

  Show 12 episodes · Director · Other · Sound Director

  Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows38^th
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  Sham(2025)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films75^th
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  Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors(2025)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films38^th
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  New Abarenbō Shōgun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Director
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  Lumberjack the Monster(2023)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films40^th
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  Onimusha(2023)

  Show 8 episodes · Director · Other

  Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows43^rd
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  Inspector Daimajin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Show 8 episodes · Director
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  Connect(2022)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator

  Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows36^th
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  RizSta -Top of Artists!- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Show 38 episodes · Director
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  The Mole Song: Final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Director
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  Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Show 50 episodes · Director
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  The Great Yokai War: Guardians(2021)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films37^th
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  Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! Movie Version ~Challenge from a Phantom Thief! Let's Arrest with Love and a Pat!~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Director
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  ‎Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Show 4 episodes · Producer
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  Police × Warrior Love Patrina ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Show 48 episodes · Director · Creator
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  Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Director
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  That Moment, My Heart Cried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Director
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  First Love(2019)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films74^th
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  Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Show 64 episodes · Director · Creator
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  Laplace's Witch(2018)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films20^th
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  Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Show 51 episodes · Director · Creator
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  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films41^st
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  Blade of the Immortal(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films75^th
• 

  Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Show 51 episodes · Director · Creator
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  Idol × Warrior: Miracle Tunes! Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Director
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  The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio(2016)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films57^th
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  Terra Formars(2016)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films17^th
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  Yakuza Apocalypse(2015)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films33^rd
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  The Lion Standing in the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Director
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  As the Gods Will(2014)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Over Your Dead Body(2014)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films47^th
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  The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji(2013)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Blue Planet Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director
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  Higanjima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Show 10 episodes · Director
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  Shield of Straw(2013)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films48^th
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  Lesson of the Evil(2012)

  Director · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Producer
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  For Love's Sake(2012)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Ace Attorney(2012)

  Director · as Member of courtroom gallery

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai(2011)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films91^st
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  QP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Show 12 episodes · Director
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  Ninja Kids!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Director
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  13 Assassins(2010)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
• 

  Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Director
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  Crows Zero II(2009)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Yatterman(2009)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films44^th
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  God's Puzzle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Director
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  Takashi Miike × Sho Aikawa: Zatoichi(2008)

  Director · Writer

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~61^st
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  Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Director
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  Cellphone Investigator 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Show 45 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer
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  Crows Zero(2007)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
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  Detective Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Director
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  Sukiyaki Western Django(2007)

  Director · Writer

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
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  Yakuza: Like a Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Director
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  Pledge To Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Director · Editor
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  Gekijô-ban Dôbutsu no Mori(2006)

  as Rakosuke (voice)

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Waru: The End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director
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  Sun Scarred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director
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  Like a Dragon: Prologue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director · Executive Producer
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  Imprint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director
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  Waru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director
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  Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

  Director
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  Hostel(2005)

  as Miike Takashi

  Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films39^th
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  Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Actor
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  The Great Yokai War(2005)

  Director · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
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  Live Golden Years Thanks 0201 at BUDOKAN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Director
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  Arthouse Ultraman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Director
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  Ultraman Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Show 2 episodes · Director
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  Demon Pond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Director
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  Neighbour No. 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  as Kaneda
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  Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  as (archive footage)
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  Otakus in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Actor
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  Izo(2004)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
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  Three... Extremes(2004)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films79^th
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  Making of Zebraman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Director · Actor
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  Paato-taimu tantei 2(2004)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~27^th
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  Zebraman(2004)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Yakuza Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Actor
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  One Missed Call(2003)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films51^st
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  The Making Of One Missed Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Actor
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  The Negotiator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director
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  Last Life in the Universe(2003)

  as Yakuza

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Gozu(2003)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films77^th
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  Yakuza Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director · as Informant in stairwell
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  Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Actor
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  The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director
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  The Man in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director
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  Part-Time Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
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  Ichi the Killer: Episode 0(2002)

  as Kakihara (voice)

  Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films37^th
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  Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
• Pandoora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
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  Shangri-La (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
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  Kumamoto Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
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  Graveyard of Honor(2002)

  Director · as Restaurant Gunman

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  Sabu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director
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  The Happiness of the Katakuris(2001)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films81^st
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  Dead or Alive: Final(2002)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
• DOA Final: Original Making-of Featurette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Actor
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  Ichi the Killer(2001)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films79^th
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  The Making Of The Katakuris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Actor
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  Agitator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Director · as Shinozaki
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  Family 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Director
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  The Security Woman Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Actor
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  The Guys from Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Director
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  Visitor Q(2001)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Director · Cinematographer
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  Dead or Alive 2: Birds(2000)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  The City of Lost Souls(2000)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
• Making of Gemini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Director · Producer
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  MPD Psycho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay
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  Audition(1999)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
• DOA 2: Original Making-Of Featurette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Actor
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  Isola: Multiple Personality Girl(2000)

  as Disheveled man on a cart

  Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films18^th
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  Dead or Alive(1999)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th
• N-Girls Vs Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Director
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  White-Collar Worker Kintaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Director
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  Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Director
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  Ley Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Director
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  Man, a Natural Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Show 3 episodes · Director
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  Young Thugs: Nostalgia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Director
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  Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Actor
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  Blues Harp(1998)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films77^th
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  Andromedia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Director
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  The Bird People in China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Director
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  Full Metal Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

  Director
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  Rainy Dog(1997)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

  Director · Actor
• Ambition Without Honor 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

  Director
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  Fudoh: The New Generation(1996)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films81^st
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  The Way to Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  Director · Actor
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  Peanuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  Director
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  Ambition Without Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  Director
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  New Third Gangster II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  Director
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  New Third Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

  Director
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  The King of Minami: City of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  Producer
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  Shinjuku Triad Society(1995)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  The King of Minami: The Special Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  Producer
• Another Lonely Hitman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  as Drug Dealer
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  Osaka Tough Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  Director
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  Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  Director
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  The Third Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

  Director
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  Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

  Director
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  Shinjuku Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

  Director
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  Kyouju Luger P08 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

  Actor
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  We're No Angels 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

  Director
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  We're No Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

  Director
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  Bodyguard Kiba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

  Director
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  A Human Murder Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Director
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  Confinement Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Associate Producer
• Last Run: 100 Million Yen's Worth of Love and Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Director
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  Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Director
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  Shimanto River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  First Assistant Director
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  Eyecatch Junction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Director
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  Ronin Gai(1990)

  Assistant Director

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  Peesuke: Gatapishi story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

  Assistant Director
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  Saga of the Phoenix(1989)

  Assistant Director

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Black Rain(1989)

  Assistant Director · as Factory Worker

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Peacock King(1988)

  Assistant Director

  Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films49^th
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  Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

  Assistant Director
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  墓場から生きかえった男 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

  Assistant Director
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  This Story of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

  Assistant Director
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  Zegen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

  Assistant Director
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  Ririka of the Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Actor
• Untitled Kyoto Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director · Idea

Career shape

A full career of 169 titles, 167 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Yatterman (2009)

$33M worldwide

Highest rated

13 Assassins (2010)

Midcredits 95^th

Most popular right now

Nyaight of the Living Cat (2025)

Awards

2 major awards from 9 major nominations, 2003–2026.

1. 2026
   • Cannes award, won · Cannes Ecrans Juniors
2. 2013
   • Cannes award, nominated
3. 2011
   • Cannes award, nominated
4. 2010
   • Venice award, won
   • Venice award, nominated
5. 2007
   • Venice award, nominated · Best Film
6. 2004
   • Venice award, nominated · Best Film
7. 2003
   • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
   • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Takashi Miike's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61^st percentile, the median of all 55; across their 50 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

28716

• Universally Loved3
• Divisive2
• Cult Classic2
• Crowd Pleaser28
• Broadly Agreed7
• Mixed16

Most divisive · director

Paato-taimu tantei 2 (2004)

97^th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Black Rain (1989)

Midcredits 97^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Takashi Miike's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Takashi Miike work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takashi Miike's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kôji Endô shares the most, 34.