![]() His latest offering is an adaptation of the Hiroshi Takahashi's Crows manga, or more specifically a tie-in story set before the 26 volume printed work's narrative begins. So, it's fair to say he's bounced around the cinematic spectrum a bit, but with the latter two remakes he has proved concretely once and for all that the studied atmosphere of such works as Audition was certainly not a fluke. ![]() He's a force of nature, happy to helm adaptations of anything he sees fit, be it a fondly remembered anime ( Yatterman), a videogame (he's adapted both Sega's Yakuza series as well as the DS comic courtroom detective story Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) or even slices of classic cinema you'd think any sane director would steer clear of, as was the case with his remakes of Kinji Fukasaku's Graveyard of Honour and more recently Masaki Kobayashi's Hara-Kiri and Eiichi Kudo's tale of the Thirteen Assassins. From the tense sadism of Ichi The Killer to the candy coloured, occasionally pervy Yatterman, I can think of no one else who spans such a chasm from wanton bloodshed and extreme violence to oddball high-jinx. If there's a director with a more eclectic canon of work to his name I’d be surprised. ![]() Any film adaptation, from whatever source, bearing the name Takashi Miike demands you pay attention. ![]()
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