

Direction
Miike's kinetic staging makes budget look like deliberate aesthetic
Costume
Transformation sequences that understand the assignment

Director
Takashi Miike
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miike directed this between First Love and The Great Yokai War: Guardians, proving his 'one for them, one for absolutely unhinged' scheduling philosophy.
The 'phantom thief' archetype here draws from Lupin III and Kaito Kid traditions, but filtered through tokusatsu's moral absolutism—Miike somehow bridges both.
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