Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

Takashi Miike is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions. His films range from violent and... bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly. Miike was born in Yao, Osaka, Japan, an area inhabited by the working class and immigrants. His family was originally from Kumamoto Prefecture. During World War II, his grandfather was stationed in China and Korea, and his father was born in Seoul. His father worked as a welder and his mother as seamstress. Although he claimed to have attended classes only rarely, he graduated from Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film under the guidance of renowned filmmaker Shohei Imamura, the founder and Dean of that institution. Miike's first films were television productions, but he also began directing several direct-to-video V-Cinema releases.
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