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Takeshi Kitano [note 1] (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi) in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as ...
Takeshi Kitano. Actor: The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi. Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburô Fukami.
May 21, 2017 · Takeshi Kitano is one of Japan’s most celebrated award winning film-makers. Across Europe his work is highly regarded, with his highlight being the recipient of the Golden Lion award for Hana-Bi at the Venice International Film Festival.
Beat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn. 10. Boiling Point. Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. 11. Getting Any?
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Fireworks. Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. 2. Kikujiro. A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother.
This is the official website of Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) . "Everyone keeps asking me why I don't have a website, so I had no choice but to make one."
May 13, 2021 · Takeshi Kitano’s rise to fame in the world of film has been a strange one. He originally found much success in his native Japan as a comedian, working alongside his friend Kiyoshi Kaneko to form a double-act known as “The Two Beats” [referring to their stage names, Beat Takeshi and Beat Kiyoshi respectively].
Nov 23, 2023 · Takeshi Kitano knows how to cause a stir. Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo, the 76-year-old comedian and filmmaker introduces himself as “Johnny Kitano-gawa” —...
May 21, 2017 · Once again departing from his roots in 1999, sandwiched in-between crime films Hana-Bi and Brother, Takeshi Kitano directed a family friendly road-movie Kikujiro. A young schoolboy Masao is determined to travel a long distance in hopes of finding his mother that he has never met.
May 21, 2017 · Takeshi Kitano made his most artistic film in 2002 with the romatic-drama Dolls. A story based loosely on a traditional bunraku play involving 3 different stories about undying love. The first story follows Matsumoto who rejects his engagement to his fiancée Sawako after his parents put pressure on him to marry his bosses daughter.
