Ever since the climax of
Audition caught moviegoers completely off guard back in 1999, the name Takashi Miike has become virtually synonymous with shock cinema. It was a reputation that the director seemed eager to live up to as he delivered a sadistic, nonstop bloodbath in
Ichi the Killer, instilled the tired yakuza genre with a fresh blast of surrealism in
Gozu, and helmed the only episode of
Masters of Horror that pay-cable giant Showtime outright refused to air. Though more recent efforts such as the endearing
Zebraman and the kid-friendly remake
The Great Yokai War found the prolific cult icon flirting with mainstream su...
Released:
2010
Rated:
R
Length:
126 mins