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Miike Takashi Talks Japanese Horror, Extreme Violence, Audience Reactions: Movie Theaters Offered Sick Bags to Audience Members
Miike Takashi and producer Misako Saka on women in Japanese film industry, 'cheap' horror budgets and not being 'conscious' of audiences.
Speaking of actors, the director recalled working with Tadanobu Asano on the seminal “Ichi the Killer,” which, upon release, saw movie theaters offering sick bags to audience members due to the extreme content. Miike, who has directed everything from action thrillers (“13 Assassins”) to musicals (“The Happiness of the Katakuris”) and children’s films (“The Great Yokai War”), credits his wide-spanning work through multiple genres to a life of encounters with different people and different sources of art and creativity. As for “Blazing Fists,” which premiered in Japan at the end of January and tells the story of two young boys in a juvenile reformatory who join a fighting sports tournament, Miike said he wanted to speak directly to the Japanese youth.
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