As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't think a film that has no effect on people or society is a good film. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I wanted to make '13 Assassins' in the old manner, to use old techniques and not to rely on modern-day ones such… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Maybe '13 Assassins' is the mortal agony and death rattle of a Japanese film industry that has abandoned its creative talent. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I honestly do feel like the Yakuza film genre is going away. And I don't personally feel like there's any meaning in… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to make movies simply about life. Naturally, when I'm doing that, horror, violence, and all those kinds of things… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
For me, no matter what movie I make, no matter what the genre or the budget, they all have the same theme… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
It's not my goal to make so many movies. It's just sort of a natural process, and I'm just doing my job.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
On the times when I used to make movies that were with a lower budget, nobody was expecting it to be a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
The reason I like incorporating the Yakuza into my movies - all their actions, everything they do, you can say 'It's ok… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I guess, in a sense, 'Audition' was a film that gave me an opportunity that I hadn't had up until that point.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Bigger-budgeted films have more restrictions and less freedom to create. Because of this, I try to find freedom in the people I… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm deeply appreciative that many people have enjoyed my films, films that I made in my own style. The successes have helped… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Personally, it all feels like I've been filming just one long film the whole time and I have no personal like or… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Maybe many directors are trying to create their own style of filmmaking, or to respond to audiences that come expect a certain… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Everyone has complexes about their body or their ability and skills and dream of a rebirth into something different. I myself have… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of violent movies, it's not something I like to watch. And it's not my aim or goal… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Once I started working as an assistant director, I just realized very quickly that working on a film set was just a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Visually, I want to try everything. But I believe that every shot of my films really expresses what I think about the… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll ever get tired of making films. I wish I could make so many that it would make me… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
You can't really make something or make a movie and feel all through the process that it's a painful thing. It's not… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I think what people think about my films depends on the film they see. It's all different and opinions are all different. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I feel that the smallness of the filmmaking environment is somehow connected to the freedom of creating film. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Actually the hardest films to make are comedies. In normal life, funny things happen by accident; to re-create those by design in… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
It's not really important to make skillful movies. I think expressing yourself really well, skill-wise, is not as important. I want it… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
The directors whose films scare me the most, are the ones who carefully hide the aggression in the background, and don't show… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
In Japan, violence isn't as controversial as it is in the West. Pornography is more restricted, but it's not hard to make… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
When you are completely satisfied with what you have made, you're pretty much done as a director. So when that happens, that'll… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Every medium has its own kind of freedom. I don't want to just cross from one to the next. I want to enjoy the… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
You hide your instinctive self and instead create a social self with lies. That's how people are able to get along with each other.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But when you… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The yakuza are… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
I don't think I'll ever get tired of making films. I wish I could make so many that it would make me get tired,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When you see the violence of Hollywood movies, there is a tendency that the hero is combating and confronting many people, without much harm… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
We have this desire for that balance between death and life or death and joy. We want to believe that something we can also… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
You can't really change somebody completely, deep inside your nature. But I think what I did was admit to myself what kind of a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When I'm watching one of my movies in a festival with fans who are just into it and they love it? I end up… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
For me, no matter what movie I make, no matter what the genre or the budget, they all have the same theme at their… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine reason to… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
