Takashi Miike is the cinematic equivalent of a machine: He makes about a couple of movies every year, resulting in a prolific directorial resume of over 75 projects since his start back in the early ’90s (impressive!). Miike is not what you would call “widely appealing,” but he has gathered a cult following around the world with his often strange, violent, perverse projects that include the insane Ichi the Killer, the disturbing Audition and the jaw-dropping, boundary-pushing Visitor Q (to name but a few).