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Takashi Miike
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Director Born: August 24, 1960 Biography:A contemporary of such noted film experimentalists as "Shinya Tsukamoto" ("Tetsuo: The Iron Man" [1989]), maverick Japanese workhorse director "Takashi Miike" became one of the most talked about filmmakers in the international festival circuit after taking audiences on kinetically unhinged and frequently disturbing joyrides as "Dead or Alive" (2000) and "Ichi the Killer" (2001). Despite the derailed manic energy of the aforementioned films, it was the stark relationship drama turned sadistic nightmare "Audition" that found the director receiving increasing international exposure. With its quiet menace and decidedly humanized horror, "Audition" succeeded in pulling the rug from under viewers as it turned the age-old image of the submissive Japanese female on its head with a shocking and nearly unbearable finale that had many horrified viewers shell-shocked. Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1960, Miike's family... Full Biography
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