Singapore, Dec. 5 -- In Japan, he is known for making more than a hundred films across almost every genre.
But outside of it, Takashi Miike is revered as a master of "extreme cinema", a style known for pushing the limits of violence.
It was his horror work Audition (1999) and gangster film Ichi The Killer (2001) that made non-Japanese audiences sit up.
Both films drew boos from critics in the West for its scenes of explicit gore. For the same reason, he gained a cult following, with many calling him a pioneer in mixing over-the-top violence with comedy.
At the 59-year-old film-maker's masterclass on Sunday, organised as part of the Singapore International Film Festival, moderator Kirsten Tan, writer-director of Pop Aye (2017), asked...