Sometimes I think Miike goes for violence and graphicness for the shock value of it. When I first watched "Audition", I had to turn off the movie near the end because I wasn't ready for the graphicness of it. They can be hard to watch at times.
Currently, I'm watching his "Fudoh: The Next Generation" which although is an entertaining film, isn't as good as his others sound to be.
For Ichi, I thought the movie was a good mix of action and satire. I was laughing so hard at Jiji's "secret" that I had to turn the movie off for several minutes. Completely unexpected.
