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Cinema Quotes by Takashi Miike

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Takashi Miike talks about the freedom each film medium offers and how he enjoys exploring those limits instead of just hopping between them. He says he never gets tired of making movies, finding joy when fans react strongly and when a project like Audition opens new doors for him. He also mentions feeling misunderstood and using fear as a push to face challenges and finish a film he’s proud of.

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People say that my movies are violent. I do not think so.

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I think I'm a director that is very easily misunderstood.

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I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.

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I don't think a film that has no effect on people or society is a good film.

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I always find another version of myself in each of my films.

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I am discovering myself as a director all the time.

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Gozu' was influenced by American cinema.

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In general, I'm probably seen as an unusual director.

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Once I started working as an assistant director, I just realized very quickly that working on a film set was just a…

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As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.

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In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again.

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Maybe '13 Assassins' is the mortal agony and death rattle of a Japanese film industry that has abandoned its creative talent.

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The directors whose films scare me the most, are the ones who carefully hide the aggression in the background, and don't show…

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When you are completely satisfied with what you have made, you're pretty much done as a director. So when that happens, that'll…

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Live life before making movies, because you cannot make films about life, without having lived one.

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Actually the hardest films to make are comedies. In normal life, funny things happen by accident; to re-create those by design in…

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Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs.…

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When I'm watching one of my movies in a festival with fans who are just into it and they love it? I…

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Visually, I want to try everything. But I believe that every shot of my films really expresses what I think about the…

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Every medium has its own kind of freedom. I don't want to just cross from one to the next. I want to…

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In '13 Assassins' the biggest challenge was that action period films, for budget reasons and because of the age of the actors…

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Personally, it all feels like I've been filming just one long film the whole time and I have no personal like or…

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Bigger-budgeted films have more restrictions and less freedom to create. Because of this, I try to find freedom in the people I…

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I'm deeply appreciative that many people have enjoyed my films, films that I made in my own style. The successes have helped…

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I guess, in a sense, 'Audition' was a film that gave me an opportunity that I hadn't had up until that point.…

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I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole…

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I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a…

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I believe that every director's films reflect their lifestyle.

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I don't set out to make a film for festivals abroad.

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My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

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I don't think I'll ever get tired of making films. I wish I could make so many that it would make me…

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When I'm facing an issue or a challenge sometimes, it's easier for me to avoid really facing that or dealing with it,…

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I feel that the smallness of the filmmaking environment is somehow connected to the freedom of creating film.

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I think what people think about my films depends on the film they see. It's all different and opinions are all different.

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I'm not good at anything else. I just don't have a talent for anything other than filmmaking. Luckily, it's worked out.

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And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director,…

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I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do. For…

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Manga, as a medium, is very different from cinema. Its creators are free to express themselves with harsh, cruel stories, and they…

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In terms of making TV drama, not everything has to make sense. In cinema, you usually strive for reality and a natural…

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Regarding the responsibility that a director has to society, first of all, there are ratings. There's freedom to make films, and freedom…

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We have this desire for that balance between death and life or death and joy. We want to believe that something we can also…

Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life.

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…

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…

For me, no matter what movie I make, no matter what the genre or the budget, they all have the same theme at their…

Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before.

More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films.

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…

As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.