Takeshi Kitano
Birthdate: Jan 18, 1947
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
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. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw his chance when a comedian suddenly fell ill, and he went on stage in the man's place. With a friend he formed the comic duo "The Two Beat" (his artist's name, "Beat Takeshi", comes from this period), which became very popular on Japanese television.
Kitano soon embarked on an acting career, and when the director of Violent Cop (1989) (aka "Violent Cop") fell ill, he took over that function as well. Immediately after that film was finished he set out to make a second gangster movie, Boiling Point (1990). Just after finishing Getting Any? (1994), Kitano was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that almost killed him. It changed his way of life, and he became an active painter. This change can be seen in his later films, which are characterized by his giving more importance to the aesthetics of the film, such as in Fireworks (1997) and Kikujiro (1999).
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Takeshi Kitano Movies
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- 2023 | Analog
- 2023 | Kubi
- 2023 | Kubi
- 2023 | Kubi
- 2023 | Kubi
- 2021 | Asakusa Kid
- 2018 |
- 2017 | Outrage Coda
- 2017 | Outrage Coda
- 2017 | Outrage Coda
- 2017 | Outrage Codaas Otomo
- 2017 |
Ghost in the Shell
asAramaki
In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
- 2016 | A Living Promise
- 2016 | Simulacrum Tremendum
- 2016 | While the Women Are Sleepingas Sahara
- 2015 | Mozu the Movieas Daruma
- 2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
- 2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
- 2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
- 2014 | In Between Mountains and Oceans
- 2012 | Beyond Outrage
- 2012 | Beyond Outrage
- 2012 | Beyond Outrage
- 2012 | Beyond Outrageas Otomo
- 2013 | Kids Return: The Reunion
- 2010 | Outrage
- 2010 | Outrage
- 2010 | Outrageas Ôtomo
- 2010 | Miwa: Looking for Black Lizard
- 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise
- 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise
- 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise
- 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoiseas Machisu Kuramochi
- 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker!
- 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker!
- 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker!
- 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker!
- 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema
- 2005 | Takeshis'
- 2005 | Takeshis'
- 2005 | Takeshis'
- 2005 | Takeshis'as Beat Takeshi
- 2005 | Takeshis'as Mr. Kitano
- 2004 | Arakimentarias Interviewee
- 2004 | Blood and Bonesas Joon-pyong Kim
- 2004 | Bîto Takeshi no akuyaku no susume!!
- 2002 | Dolls
- 2002 | Dolls
- 2002 | Dolls
- 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
- 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
- 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
- 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichias Ichi
- 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichias Zatôichi
- 2002 | Asakusa Kid
- 2000 | Brother
- 2000 | Brother
- 2000 | Brother
- 2000 | Brotheras Aniki Yamamoto
- 1999 | Tabooas Captain Toshizo Hijikata
- 1999 | Kikujiro
- 1999 | Kikujiro
- 1999 | Kikujiro
- 1999 | Kikujiroas Kikujiro
- 1999 | Jam Session
- 1999 | Zankyo
- 1993 | Sonatine
- 1993 | Sonatine
- 1993 | Sonatine
- 1993 | Sonatineas Aniki Murakawa
- 1996 | Kids Return
- 1996 | Kids Return
- 1996 | Kids Return
- 1995 | The Fiveas Ichiro Kyoya
- 1995 | Johnny Mnemonicas Takahashi
- 1994 | Getting Any?
- 1994 | Getting Any?
- 1994 | Getting Any?
- 1993 | Kyôso tanjô
- 1993 | Kyôso tanjôas Daisuke Shiba
- 1992 | A Legend of Turmoilas Kiichiro Yashiro
- 1992 | Dioxin from Fish!as Azuma
- 1992 | Erotic Liaisonsas Okuyama
- 1991 | A Scene at the Sea
- 1991 | A Scene at the Sea
- 1991 | A Scene at the Sea
- 1990 | Boiling Point
- 1990 | Boiling Point
- 1990 | Boiling Pointas Uehara
- 1990 | Hoshi wo tsugu mono
- 1989 | Violent Cop
- 1989 | Violent Copas Azuma
- 1988 | Anegoas Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
- 1986 | Comic Magazineas Police
- 1985 | Kanashii kibun de jokeas Hiroshi Igarashi
- 1985 | Yashaas Yajima
- 1983 | Mosquito on the Tenth Flooras A man at a race horse track
- 1983 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrenceas Hara
- 1982 | Summer Secrets
- 1981 | Completely... With That Air!
- 1981 | Danpu wataridorias Police 1
- 1981 | Manonas Shinobu
- 1980 | Makoto-chan
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