Agitator : the cinema of Takashi Miike

This edition features a new and expanded colour section, completely updated DVD information, and several brand new reviews of Takashi Miike films that were unavailable for coverage at the time of the book's initial production. Fully-revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide to Japans most prolific and successful film director. This second edition of Agitator features * a new and expanded 16-page color section * completely updated DVD information * several brand-new reviews of Takashi Miike films including Audition, Dead or Alive, Ichi the Killer, and Visitor Q * Takashi Miikes own diary on the making of his controversial film Ichi the Killer, published in English for the first time ever * a career-spanning interview * ground-breaking, exhaustive and fully endorsed by Takashi Miike himself These films have amazed, stunned, delighted and shocked audiences the world over, garnering critical acclaim for their director. This is the definitive word on the most talked-about filmmaker of the decade. An essential purchase for anyone wanting to know where cinema is heading in the 21st century. -- Pete Tombs, Mondo Macabro. An impeccably-researched and exhaustive look at one of the most vital forces in international cinema right now. -- Aint It Cool News. An extensively researched, cinematically literate, highly welcome addition to the slim shelf of books on contemporary Japanese films. -- Cinemaya

Revealed to the world with the shocking Audition, Takashi Miike has directed over 50 films in the space of 11 years. Films like Dead or Alive, The City of Lost Souls and Visitor Q show a dazzling visual style, brilliant narrative invention and a willingness to go far beyond accepted boundaries. Agitator -- The Cinema of Takashi Miike examines all the director's ground-breaking films in-depth, revealing a provocative but remarkably consistent body of work. This book is illustrated with hundreds of pictures, including rare photographs from the director's private collection. It also contains Takashi Miike's own diary on the making of his controversial film Ichi the Killer, published in English for the first time ever. Plus an exclusive career-spanning interview, a complete filmography with cast and crew credits, and detailed information on DVD availability.