Yakuza is far from a one-to-one adaptation of 2005’s Yakuza, the game it is loosely based on. Like Takashi Miike’s 2007 Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the other previous attempt at a live-action ...

This Takashi Miike manga adaptation centres around sadistic yakuza leader Kakihara who stumbles upon a repressed assassin called Ichi. Despite his timid demeanour, Ichi has been trained to ...

Veteran Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike has been at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for the international premiere of his new sports film Blazing Fists. He also featured in the ...