Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo review – Takashi Miike follows Ferrara and Herzog with a disappointment Takashi Miike, known for his unflinching and often gruesome films, has long been associated with transgressive cinema.
His name is frequently invoked in discussions about pushing boundaries in film.
So when it was announced that he would be adapting Abel Ferrara's 1992 Bad Lieutenant, many expected a thrilling marriage of moral degradation and corporal desecrations.