"Inspector Daimagin" Director Takashi Miike Cuts aiming for the best are boring [Director's Interview Vol.339]

The potential of TV dramas to bring about major changes

Q: The tempo is good, and it's structured to make you wonder what will happen next. One of the biggest differences between movies and TV dramas is the length, but is there anything you keep in mind when editing?

Miike: It's more the scriptwriter's job than the editor's. They cram so much information into the script. In our film sense, even parts that seem like they'll take an hour and a half are shot without straining the tempo of 45 minutes when they're aired. I think it's the scriptwriter's power that makes the tempo look good. I think the producer's job of creating things like that is also important. It's our job to think, "How can we squeeze this in?" (laughs).

I felt that a one-hour drama is quite long. So I think there is still room for change. I think there is potential in drama. I feel like the dramas I watched as a child and the dramas now are not that different, and of course there are changes in many areas, but I think there is potential for even more change. I think there is more potential than with movies.

I don't know if it's a good thing, but with the proliferation of media and its diversification, the value of viewer ratings themselves is declining. As long as the business is viable in a different way, the creators are no longer so concerned about viewer ratings, which is amazing. I felt that there was a possibility for that kind of freedom when I tried it.

Director: Takashi Miike

Born in 1960 in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture. The visual world he depicts has been highly praised overseas, with Thirteen Assassins(2010) selected for the competition section at the Venice International Film Festival, and his films One Life (2011) and The Paper Shield (2013) selected for the competition section at the Cannes International Film Festival. He continues to energetically create films across a wide range of genres, with over 100 works to his name. Notable works include "Audition" (2000), the "Dead or Alive" series (02/00/99), "Killer 1" (01), "Gozu" (03), "One Missed Call" (04), the "Crows Zero" series (09/07), "Yatterman" (09), "Lesson of the Evil" (12), the "Moron Song" series (21/16/14), "Blade of the Immortal" (17), "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Chapter 1" (17), "First Love" (20), and the dramas "Detective Daimajin" (23) and "Monster Lumberjack" (23).

Interview and text: Fumio Koda

Editorial staff and writer for CINEMORE. My favorite movies are ``The Goonies'' and ``Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'' My recent favorites are 4K digitally remastered classics by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu.

Photography: Kazunari Aoki

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