Miike

Sukiyaki Western Django can probably best be described as Miike channeling Sergio Leone and throwing some Chuck Jones and Quentin Tarantino into the mix-and literally with the Tarantino part, since Miike's pal Quentin gleefully hams it up as a sukiyaki-eating gunfighter.

Portland Mercury 2009

Miike shows the audience a samurai looking directly at the camera after a decision is made, his face hardening with purpose and resolve.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011

The director, Takashi Miike, famous in Japan for cult films of violence and sex, pays attention to the classic forms of samurai movies: older warriors of fearsome tradecraft imparting wisdom to younger acolytes; the assembling of a team of heroes to live and die with honor; superb costuming; footwork during sword fights rivaling Roger Federer on clay; a lower caste disreputable wannabe becoming one with the true samurai spirit.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011

Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal Tom Quinn, the executive vice president of Magnet Releasing, in his Midtown office Mr. Quinn, 41 years old, gets excited when he talks about the old-school samurai epic "13 Assassins," which has put the prolific Japanese cult director Takashi Miike "Audition" on mainstream American screens for the first time.

At Play in the House of Blood and Guts Steve Dollar 2011

The director, Takashi Miike, famous in Japan for cult films of violence and sex, pays attention to the classic forms of samurai movies: older warriors of fearsome tradecraft imparting wisdom to younger acolytes; the assembling of a team of heroes to live and die with honor; superb costuming; footwork during sword fights rivaling Roger Federer on clay; a lower caste disreputable wannabe becoming one with the true samurai spirit.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011

The director, Takashi Miike, famous in Japan for cult films of violence and sex, pays attention to the classic forms of samurai movies: older warriors of fearsome tradecraft imparting wisdom to younger acolytes; the assembling of a team of heroes to live and die with honor; superb costuming; footwork during sword fights rivaling Roger Federer on clay; a lower caste disreputable wannabe becoming one with the true samurai spirit.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011

Actually I'm starting up a label with the guys from Miike Snow and we've thought about the name for months.

Mark R. Collins: Peter, Bjorn & John's Eternal Battle With Peanut Butter & Jelly for Acronym Rights Mark R. Collins 2011

Miike shows the audience a samurai looking directly at the camera after a decision is made, his face hardening with purpose and resolve.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011

Actually I'm starting up a label with the guys from Miike Snow and we've thought about the name for months.

Mark R. Collins: Peter, Bjorn & John's Eternal Battle With Peanut Butter & Jelly for Acronym Rights Mark R. Collins 2011

Miike shows the audience a samurai looking directly at the camera after a decision is made, his face hardening with purpose and resolve.

Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011