The World of Takashi Miike Side A

[Priestica606]

What's the movie at 4:30?

[sylvainthefrenchman]

@Priestica606

It's Izo.

[sylvainthefrenchman]

Miike is an acquired taste, like bubble teas and sushis... But once you get used to his style, there's no turning back. Ichi the Killer is such a flashy film it's hard to compare to the rest of his work. Maybe you should also try Visitor Q, Happiness of the Katakuris and Izo. They're quite good...

[mlt1018]

My only favorite Miike film is Ichi the Killer, Gozu is weird, Audition is boring, it's the ending that gave it some spice

[judyluvsnoel]

Ok. is Miike pronounced mea kay or mee key? I got two different pronunciation comments. Sorry for the previous spelling error. I know his name is Takashi. ;-) Thanks for your help.

[sylvainthefrenchman]

mee key... im pretty sure thats how Tom Mes pronounces it and he's a Miike scholar. I think I've heard it pronounced like that elsewhere too. But between mea kay and mee key, that's better than most of the other ways people pronounce the name.

[judyluvsnoel]

How is miike pronounced? I hear the other part of his name takeshi prononounced but not the miike part.

[sylvainthefrenchman]

Actually it's takAshi and then Miike is pronounced mee-key

[judyluvsnoel]

thanks. so mee key wins 2 to 1. i love his work

[SaikouSaikoPsycho]

To pronounce Miike as the Japanese do, it would be 'me' [like the English word, but with a slightly longer 'e' sound] and k as in the letter 'K'. So, kind of like Mee K.

Here's a general guide to Japanese vowels as they relate to English:

a -> sounds like 'ah'

i -> sounds like 'e' as in 'me'

u -> 'oo' as in 'food'

e -> 'eh' as in 'may'

o -> 'o' as in 'show'

[vollvornartmovie]

MIIKE: KING!

[guitarshredder32]

what movie is that from at 2:02?

[sylvainthefrenchman]

Gozu... One of his best ones.

[samuraiyao]

Some of miike's film don't have any dvd distribution because I really want to see Blue Harps.. Is that movie any good...

[sylvainthefrenchman]

I'm not a big fan of that one but it might just be one of those movies I have to see again to really appreciate. It is on dvd through arts magic dvds (i think).

[vollvornartmovie]

i find graveyard of honor remake (from kinji fukasakus 74 original) the miike version 2004 better. its a best. or big bang love and bird people in china is very great pictures. sry my e4nglish is not so good.

[doraemoninvienna]

A great interview, unfortunately the pic quality is quite bad at times. But still, thanks a lot.

[sylvainthefrenchman]

Yeah I know... I have to take some time off to fix all my videos. But thanks nonetheless.

[Bambutschi]

It's great already in that quality. Better than NO TM interview. It's only on one or two occasions that text is unreadable.

[ODProfessorRhino]

Takashi Miike is the best director EEEEVER

[tokinotabumblebee000]

Cool video, but the subtitles are hard to read.