Takashi Miike – MRQE

Chain Reactions

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An exploration of the legacy of Tobe Hooper’s classic ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’.

Kishiwada shônen gurentai: Chikemuri junjô-hen

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Takashi Miike film that is, to a degree, autobiographical– Young Thugs: Innocent Blood follows three friends through their first year after leaving high school. Having robbed their teacher on their last day, Ryoko gets a job in a hair salon, while the two boys settle down into a career of enforcement and protection.

Shin jingi no hakaba

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss’ life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Araburu tamashii-tachi

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family’s nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss’s death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

Kenka no hanamichi: Oosaka saikyô densetsu (V)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dangerous street fighter Kazuyoshi Tamai finds out that his rival, Takeshi, is the leader of a gang responsible for a series of assaults. Kazuyoshi is ready to face off against Takeshi, but comic challenges keep his nemesis out of reach. It’s not until years later — when Kazuyoshi becomes a championship boxer and Takeshi is a pro wrestler — that they meet again in a battle that pits two combatants with very different fighting styles.