# Takashi Miike's best films, ranked

From straight-to-video yakuza films to Cannes competition entries and manga adaptations: Miike's key films, ordered from the ciatr, Cinema Rank and ranking.net lists.

- 25 votes · 14 items
- Aug 16, 2023 · 橋本 大輔
- https://even.best/en/l/3268/takashi-miike-s-best-films-ranked

## Top 14

1. **Audition (1999)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A widower 'auditions' for a new wife, and it turns into a nightmare.
2. **Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A new version of Harakiri; the first 3D film in competition at Cannes.
3. **Gozu (2003)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A surreal yakuza tale shown at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
4. **One Missed Call (2004)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — J-horror about phone calls that predict death.
5. **Ichi the Killer (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hideo Yamamoto's manga with Tadanobu Asano.
6. **First Love (2019)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Masataka Kubota in a one-night action thriller in Shinjuku.
7. **13 Assassins (2010)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Remake of Eiichi Kudo's film; in competition in Venice.
8. **Visitor Q (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A low-budget shocker about one family.
9. **Crows Zero (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shun Oguri in a delinquent high-school brawl.
10. **Dead or Alive (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sho Aikawa versus Riki Takeuchi.
11. **Shield of Straw (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Police escorting a wanted killer; in competition at Cannes.
12. **Blade of the Immortal (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Takuya Kimura; Miike's 100th film.
13. **Lesson of the Evil (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hideaki Ito as a popular teacher with a dark side.
14. **Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first of his Black Society trilogy.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.