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Like a Dragon

Like a Dragon

Organised crime has never been so chaotic in Takashi Miike’s video game adaptation.

Posted on 5 Oct 2022 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Crime, JapanTagged 2007, Alexander Otsuka, Claude Maki, Gong Yoo, Goro Kishitani, Haruhiko Kato, Kazuki Kitamura, Kenichi Endo, Natsuo, Review, Saeko, Saki Takaoka, Sansei Shiomi, Sho Aikawa, Shun Shioya, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yutaka Matsushige. Leave a comment

Dead or Alive: Final

Dead or Alive: Final

The future sure is yellow in the last of Takashi Miike’s DoA trilogy.

Posted on 2 Mar 202213 Mar 2022 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Crime, Japan, Sci FiTagged 2002, Christepher Wee, Don Tai, Hiroyoshi Komuro, Jason Chu, Josie Ho, Ken Lo, Maria Chen, Rachel Ngan, Review, Richard Chen, Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Takashi Miike, Terence Yin, Tony Ho, William Tuan. Leave a comment

Gozu

Gozu

A young yakuza falls through the looking glass in Takashi Miike’s bizarre opus.

Posted on 16 Jul 201916 Jul 2019 by siibillamlawPosted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Japan, MysteryTagged 2003, Harumi Sone, Hazama Kenpei, Hideki Sone, Hiroyuki Nagato, Hitoshi Ozawa, Keiko Tomita, Kenichi Endo, Kimika Yoshino, Kimura Susumu, Masaya Kato, Renji Ishibashi, Sakichi Sato, Sho Aikawa, Shohei Hino, Takashi Miike. Leave a comment

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Miike trades gruesome violence with quiet contemplation in the second film of the trilogy.

Posted on 19 Feb 2019 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Comedy, Drama, JapanTagged 2000, Edison Chen, Hiroko Isayama, Kenichi Endo, Manzo Shinra, Masato, Noriko Aota, Ren Osugi, Review, Riki Takeuchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sho Aikawa, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike, Teah, Toru Tezuka, Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki, Yuichi Minato. Leave a comment

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

There's deviance and corruption galore in the first in Takashi Miike’s crime trilogy.

Posted on 5 Jun 20185 Jun 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Japan, ThrillerTagged 1999, Dankan, Hitoshi Ozawa, Kaoru Sugita, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Ren Osugi, Renji Ishibashi, Review, Riki Takeuchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Sho Aikawa, Susumu Terajima, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike. Leave a comment

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