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Two people, a man and a woman, in a warehouse holding a gun.
Review

First Love

by Anton Bitel

A young romance blooms one wild night in Tokyo in direc­tor Takashi Miike’s high-ener­gy caper.

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Two people wearing traditional Japanese clothing in a forest setting.
Review

Blade of the Immortal

by Glenn Heath Jr

Takashi Miike is up to his old tricks with this super samu­rai slaughter-fest.

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Two tattooed men engaged in a physical altercation, one shouting aggressively.
Review

Yakuza Apocalypse

by David Jenkins

Japan’s Takashi Miike is run­ning on cre­ative vapours in this tir­ing knock­about genre mash-up.

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2
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A man wearing a dark robe sits cross-legged on a tatami mat, with a sheathed sword next to him.
Review

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

by Adam Woodward

Takashi Miike fol­lows up his blood-pump­ing samu­rai blitzkrieg 13 Assas­sins with this talky and tire­some peri­od drama.

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Two men in black samurai-style outfits fighting with swords in a rustic outdoor setting.
Review

13 Assassins

by Anton Bitel

Takashi Miike’s mag­nif­i­cent 13 marks both the end of an era and the bound­ary of a genre.

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