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
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
Pleasure can also be a mirror of the anxiety we feel in everyday life, it can have a message inside. — 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
We have this desire for that balance between death and life or death and joy. We want to believe that something we… — 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
That's a very Japanese idea - that children are an extension of their parents. And that when you're reborn, your new form… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Live life before making movies, because you cannot make films about life, without having lived one. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I believe that when people try to live their life at the fullest, there's a certain laughter that comes out of it.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't slot actors into the image of a character that's already built. I build characters by listening to the voice and… — 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
For better or worse, I refuse to live my life with regret. Sometimes, I'll look back on my past mistakes with fondness.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I think everyone really wants to just be happy and live the life that they want to live. But they come up… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
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… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I myself have always had that secret desire to become something completely different and enact revenge on certain things. So I do… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I believe that when people try to live their life at the fullest, there's a certain laughter that comes out of it.… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 get tired,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
