The prolific Japanese director Takashi miike will be present at the next edition of Sitges Festival where he will be honored.
Miike is one of the most beloved filmmakers of the Catalan competition and this year marks the 2003th anniversary of the filmmaker's first appearance in Sitges. In XNUMX he would receive the Premi Maquina del temps, honorary award and would present «Sweet»Film that would win the award for the best special effects.
A year before his tape «Agitator»Had won ex aequo the Orient Express award. From then on the festival has always had him very present and in 2004 he was present again with «Izo»Film that won the award for best special effects.
In 2008 Miike received a special mention in the Noves visions section for «God's Puzzle«, In 2011 he participated in the official section with«hara-kiri»And in 2012 again in the Noves visions section with«Love's sake»
At 52 years old and with almost a hundred films behind him, Takashi Miike is considered one of the best and most prolific asian filmmakers.
This year the Sitges Festival has decided to choose one of his latest works «Lesson's of the Evil»For the official competition section, the organization will also screen some of his films in the retrospective section and present a book on the figure of the filmmaker.
More information - Poster of the 46th edition of the Sitges Festival