Yasushi Shimamura

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Bird People Of China
Japan
1997
Takashi Miike (Director) Masahiro Motoki Renji Ishibashi Michiko Kichise Yûichi Minato Tomohiko Okuda Makoto Shiina (Writer) Masa Nakamura (Writer) Kôji Endô (Soundtrack) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer)
Not necessarily a must-see movie, but undoubtedly worth seeing. (Saturday, February 1, 2003)
Blues Harp
Japan
1998
Takashi Miike (Director) Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Seiichi Tanabe Saori Sekino Mickey Curtis Daisuke Iijima Atsushi Okuno (Actor, Soundtrack) Tatsuo Yamada Toshiyuki Morioka (Writer) Toshihiko Matsuo (Writer) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer)
A subtle and complex work (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Japan
2002
Takashi Miike (Director) Riki Takeuchi Ryôsuke Miki Kenichi Endo Mika Katsumura Sonny Chiba Yûya Uchida Tetsuro Tamba Daijirô Harada Renji Ishibashi Shigeo Kobayashi Kazuya Nakayama Joe Yamanaka (Actor, Soundtrack) Shigenori Takechi (Writer) Kiyoshi Itô (Cinematographer)
Absurd and poetic (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)
God's Puzzle
Japan
2008
Takashi Miike (Director) Hayato Ichihara Mitsuki Tanimura Kenichi Endo Yusuke Hirayama Yuriko Ishida Nozomu Iwao Masaya Kikawada Yoshio Kojima Jun Kunimura Naomasa Musaka Takashi Sasano Shinji Kimoto (Writer) Masa Nakamura (Writer) Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer)
Miike takes on the universe (Sunday, January 25, 2015)
Gozu
Japan
2003
Takashi Miike (Director) Sho Aikawa Yûta Sone Kimika Yoshino Sakichi Sato (Actor, Writer) Kenichi Endo Renji Ishibashi Masaya Katô Hitoshi Ozawa Kazuyoshi Ozawa Tetsuro Tamba Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Kôji Endô (Soundtrack) Kazunari Tanaka (Cinematographer)
Wonderful creativity (Saturday, June 5, 2004)
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike)
Japan
2002
Takashi Miike (Director, Actor) Goro Kishitani Harumi Inoue Renji Ishibashi Yasukaze Motomiya Daisuke Ryû Yûta Sone Shun Sugata Tetsuro Tamba Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Goro Fujita (Writer) Kôji Endô (Soundtrack) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer)
Less interesting than Fukasaku's original (Tuesday, October 5, 2021)
I'd hoped for something more (Saturday, March 15, 2003)
Ley Lines
Japan
1999
Takashi Miike (Director) Kazuki Kitamura Dan Li Michisuke Kashiwaya Tomoro Taguchi Naoto Takenaka Sho Aikawa Samuel Pop Aning Yukie Itou Takeshi Caesar Ren Osugi Tetsu Watanabe Ichiro Ryu (Writer) Naosuke Imaizumi (Cinematographer) Koji Endo (Soundtrack)
One of Miike's least plot-driven film (Thursday, August 12, 2021)
Like A Dragon
Japan
2007
Takashi Miike (Director) Toei Company (Production Company) Kazuki Kitamura Goro Kishitani Sho Aikawa YosiYosi Arakawa Kenichi Endo Yoo Gong Haruhiko Kato Tomoro Taguchi Natsuo Tomita Claude Maki Yutaka Matsushige Sansei Shiomi Saki Takaoka Seiji Togawa (Writer) Masashi Sogo (Writer) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer) Koji Endo (Soundtrack)
Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)
One Missed Call
Japan
2003
Takashi Miike (Director) Ko Shibasaki Shinichi Tsutsumi Kou Shibasaki Kazue Fukiishi Anna Nagata Atsushi Ida Renji Ishibashi Yasushi Akimoto (Writer) Minako Daira (Writer) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer) Koji Endo (Soundtrack)
Cliched and redundant (Sunday, June 12, 2005)
Rainy Dog
Japan
1997
Takashi Miike (Director) Sho Aikawa (Actor, Actor) Gao Ming-Chun Xianmei Chen Jianqin He Blacky Ko Chang Li-Wei Zhang Shi Billy Ching Sau-Yat Tomoro Taguchi Seigo Inoue (Writer) Koji Endo (Soundtrack)
One of Miike's strongest and most well balanced films. (Friday, December 13, 2002)