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# Takashi Miike

(1960)   Film Director

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Takashi Miike is a film director.

## Quick Facts About Takashi Miike

Born August 24, 1960

Profession Film Director

## About Takashi Miike

Japanese film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor... \| Takashi Miike is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. He has directed over 100 films and television productions, in a variety of genres such as action, children's films, comedy, drama, horror, musicals, and jidaigeki period dramas.

##  Quotes by Takashi Miike · Page 3

> [Once I started working as an assistant director, I just realized very quickly that working on a film set was just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/once-i-started-working-as-an-assistant-director-i-just-realized-very/)

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> [I wanted to make '13 Assassins' in the old manner, to use old techniques and not to rely on modern-day ones such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-wanted-to-make-13-assassins-in-the-old-manner-to-use-old-techniques/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/maybe-13-assassins-is-the-mortal-agony-and-death-rattle-of-a-japanese/)

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> [For a long time I was free. I didn't belong to any type of studio, or any company. I kept a sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/for-a-long-time-i-was-free-i-didn-t-belong-to-any-type-of-studio-or/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/the-people-who-like-my-work-i-know-that-i-can-t-trick-them-into/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [Where there is love, there is a possibility of violence but it's not that love is connected to violence but there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/where-there-is-love-there-is-a-possibility-of-violence-but-it-s-not/)

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[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

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> [I think that every character, no matter how different they may be perceived, they all have their beautiful moments. All humans do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-think-that-every-character-no-matter-how-different-they-may-be/)

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> [In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/in-film-in-general-you-have-just-so-many-cliche-themes-or-stories/)

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[Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/)

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> [I think everyone really wants to just be happy and live the life that they want to live. But they come up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-think-everyone-really-wants-to-just-be-happy-and-live-the-life-that/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [Even if I were to try to imitate Kurosawa I know that it's absolutely impossible. That era of film was just something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/even-if-i-were-to-try-to-imitate-kurosawa-i-know-that-it-s-absolutely/)

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[Different level](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-level/)

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> [I would recommend 'Lesson Of The Evil' to be given as a DVD gift on a child's 15th birthday. In Japan, children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-would-recommend-lesson-of-the-evil-to-be-given-as-a-dvd-gift-on-a/)

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[Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/)

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> [It wasn't really my intention to make movies quickly - it's more to do with the reality of the Japanese film industry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/it-wasn-t-really-my-intention-to-make-movies-quickly-it-s-more-to-do/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [I've been making movies for a long time. The Japanese way of making movies has become second nature to me. To get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-ve-been-making-movies-for-a-long-time-the-japanese-way-of-making/)

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[Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/)

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> [Normally sports day is once a year for kids, where you have fun, and everybody is jostling. For us, making movies is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/normally-sports-day-is-once-a-year-for-kids-where-you-have-fun-and/)

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> [The position of an assistant director in Japan is a handyman who does everything if necessary. They must overcome the unreasonable demands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/the-position-of-an-assistant-director-in-japan-is-a-handyman-who-does/)

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[Assistant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assistant/)

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> [You could not imitate Fellini. His beauty was above anything else, but that intelligence was typically Italian. This helped me to realise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/you-could-not-imitate-fellini-his-beauty-was-above-anything-else-but/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [I'm just curious how it'd look like if someone tried to remake my work. But I really believe that it's hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-m-just-curious-how-it-d-look-like-if-someone-tried-to-remake-my/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/as-a-film-maker-it-s-only-natural-to-feel-happy-about-new/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/more-than-my-films-being-influenced-by-manga-i-was-indelibly/)

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> [My influences happen at more of a subconscious level, I don't dig too deep into that or analyze it myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/my-influences-happen-at-more-of-a-subconscious-level-i-don-t-dig-too/)

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> [I have three kids. Now they're all grown up, but when they were little, every time I would start a new project,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-have-three-kids-now-they-re-all-grown-up-but-when-they-were-little/)

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> [When you see the violence of Hollywood movies, there is a tendency that the hero is combating and confronting many people, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/when-you-see-the-violence-of-hollywood-movies-there-is-a-tendency/)

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[End](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/in-13-assassins-the-biggest-challenge-was-that-action-period-films/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/personally-it-all-feels-like-i-ve-been-filming-just-one-long-film-the/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/every-medium-has-its-own-kind-of-freedom-i-don-t-want-to-just-cross/)

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[Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/)

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> [You know when I was a high school student I wasn't a very good student. Upon graduation we were asked if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/you-know-when-i-was-a-high-school-student-i-wasn-t-a-very-good/)

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[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/it-s-not-my-goal-to-make-so-many-movies-it-s-just-sort-of-a-natural/)

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[Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/visually-i-want-to-try-everything-but-i-believe-that-every-shot-of-my/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/filmmaking-is-not-a-balancing-act-although-some-directors-think-it-is/)

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[Balancing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balancing/)

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> [Maybe many directors are trying to create their own style of filmmaking, or to respond to audiences that come expect a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/maybe-many-directors-are-trying-to-create-their-own-style-of/)

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[Create](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/when-i-m-watching-one-of-my-movies-in-a-festival-with-fans-who-are/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [My generation was a special generation. I was born in 1960 and in my childhood we were all big manga consumers that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/my-generation-was-a-special-generation-i-was-born-in-1960-and-in-my/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/japanese-of-my-generation-try-to-get-through-life-without-stepping-on/)

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[Generation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generation/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/manga-as-a-medium-is-very-different-from-cinema-its-creators-are-free/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [You can't really change somebody completely, deep inside your nature. But I think what I did was admit to myself what kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/you-can-t-really-change-somebody-completely-deep-inside-your-nature/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [On the times when I used to make movies that were with a lower budget, nobody was expecting it to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/on-the-times-when-i-used-to-make-movies-that-were-with-a-lower-budget/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [For many years, I was on working on films which were so small of a budget that I could not even build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/for-many-years-i-was-on-working-on-films-which-were-so-small-of-a/)

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[Budget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budget/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-don-t-know-if-i-would-call-it-therapy-but-filmmaking-is-really-the/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [When you're dealing with Hollywood people, it creates a tight, tense atmosphere through the whole thing. And I don't like to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/when-you-re-dealing-with-hollywood-people-it-creates-a-tight-tense/)

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[Atmosphere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atmosphere/)

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> [I'm even a little afraid of the dark. If I'm alone in the dark I'll sometimes feel that there's a presence behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-m-even-a-little-afraid-of-the-dark-if-i-m-alone-in-the-dark-i-ll/)

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[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

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## Takashi Miike by topic

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