Aug 24, 1960 - Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Takashi Miike (三池 崇史 Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions. His films range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly.
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| Movie | 2001 | Visitor Q | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Agitator | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Dead or Alive | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Graveyard of Honor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Audition | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Yatterman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Crows Zero II | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Gozu | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Ichi the Killer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | One Missed Call | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Demon Pond | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Izo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Three... Extremes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Sukiyaki Western Django | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Big Bang Love, Juvenile A | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Detective Story | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | The Bird People in China | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Dead or Alive 2: Birds | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Dead or Alive: Final | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Negotiator | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Zebraman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Man in White | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Blues Harp | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Rainy Dog | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Shinjuku Triad Society | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Fudoh: The New Generation | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | The City of Lost Souls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | The Great Yokai War | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | The Great Yokai War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Full Metal Yakuza | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Crows Zero | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Silver | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Shangri-La | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Black Rain | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | The Happiness of the Katakuris | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | The Guys from Paradise | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Yakuza Demon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Osaka Tough Guys | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Young Thugs: Nostalgia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Sun Scarred | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Ley Lines | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | The Way to Fight | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Ace Attorney | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | God's Puzzle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | White-Collar Worker Kintaro | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Andromedia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | 13 Assassins | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Waru | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | New Third Gangster II | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Young Thugs: Innocent Blood | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | New Third Gangster | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Ninja Kids!!! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Bodyguard Kiba | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Pandoora | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Lesson of the Evil | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | N-Girls Vs Vampire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Mole Song: Final | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Pledge To Peace | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | For Love's Sake | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Blue Planet Brothers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Live Golden Years Thanks 0201 at BUDOKAN | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Family | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Ambition Without Honor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Sabu | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Shield of Straw | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | Shinjuku Outlaw | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Kumamoto Stories | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Over Your Dead Body | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | As the Gods Will | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Last Run: 100 Million Yen Worth of Love and Betrayal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | A Human Murder Weapon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Ambition Without Honor 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Peanuts | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | We're No Angels | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Waru: The End | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | The Third Gangster | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | We're No Angels 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Zatoichi Live | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Yakuza Apocalypse | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Man, a Natural Girl | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Eyecatch Junction | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Imprint | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Terra Formars | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Family 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Lion Standing in the Wind | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Zatoichi Live | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2007 | Pledge To Peace | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1995 | The King of Minami: The Special Movie | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | Making of Gemini | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1988 | The Peacock King | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Tomorrow | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Like a Dragon: Prologue | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1989 | Saga of the Phoenix | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Peesuke: Gatapishi story | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Zegen | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Ronin-gai | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | This Story of Love | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Making of Zebraman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | Confinement Escape | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2017 | Blade of the Immortal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2017 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Lesson of the Evil: Prologue | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | Lesson of the Evil | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Laplace's Witch | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Lumberjack the Monster | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | The King of Minami: City of Desire | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2007 | Sukiyaki Western Django | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | First Love | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | That Moment, My Heart Cried | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Shimanto River | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Part-Time Detective | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Great Yokai War: Guardians | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Part-Time Detective 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2017 | Idol × Warrior: Miracle Tunes! Pilot | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Arthouse Ultraman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Making of Gemini | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Like a Dragon: Prologue | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! Movie Version ~Challenge from a Phantom Thief! Let's Arrest with Love and a Pat!~ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Blazing Fists | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | Midnight | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Shin Abarenbō Shōgun | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Sham | Director | Directing |
| Movie | N/A | Untitled Takashi Miike Film | Director | Directing |
| Movie | N/A | Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Family | Director of Photography | Camera |
| TV Show | 2018 | Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2008 | Cellphone Investigator 7 | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2008 | Cellphone Investigator 7 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2000 | MPD Psycho | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Ultraman Max | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | Police × Warrior Love Patrina ! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2022 | Connect | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | QP | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2000 | MPD Psycho | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2023 | Inspector Daimajin | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2022 | RizSta -Top of Artists!- | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2013 | Higanjima | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | Onimusha | Other | Directing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Nyaight of the Living Cat | Other | Directing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Nyaight of the Living Cat | Sound Director | Sound |
| TV Show | 2017 | Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2018 | Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2019 | Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2008 | Cellphone Investigator 7 | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2000 | MPD Psycho | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2020 | Police × Warrior Love Patrina ! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2021 | Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2022 | Connect | Creator | Creator |
