Takashi Miike is one of my favourite directors, I own a fair few of his films, including the Black society and Dead or Alive Trilogies, Audition, Ichi and Happiness of the Kakaturis. Even if the story doesn't always make sense he has such a style and flair that I've never seen any other filmmaker come close to achieving. A lot of his films are silmultaneously dark and disturbing whilst being gory and entertaining fun. We have him to thank for some truly weird and disturbing moments in film.
I'm grateful that Arrow Video keep giving his films such good releases! I recommend to anybody interested in his work to seek them out since they're usually accompanied by great extras including commentaries by Miike himself in some cases.