Takeshi Kitano

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 18, 1947 (78 years old)

Takeshi Kitano

Known For

Broken Rage
1h 6m
Movie 2024

Broken Rage

A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs.

Kubi
2h 11m
Movie 2023

Kubi

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.

Takeshi's Castle Japan
TV Show 2023

Takeshi's Castle Japan

Worldwide sensation Takeshi's Castle returns after 34 years! Popular games are revived on a larger scale and new, terrifying obstacles appear one after another. The lord of the castle, Beat Takeshi, entrusts BANANAMAN to protect it. Subaru Kimura is the attack force's new leader. The elite team gathers to bring down the revived Takeshi's Castle. The greatest battle in history begins!

Citizen Kitano
1h 13m
Movie 2020

Citizen Kitano

Takeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker, but many ignore his double personality: the crazy TV star, the street kid from Tokyo close to the Yakuza, and the political satirist who blasted taboos! Can we dream of a better guide to introduce us to the cultural history of Japan?

たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
0h 45m
TV Show 2020

たけしのその時カメラは回っていた

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
0h 45m
TV Show 2019

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.

Why Are We Creative?
1h 24m
Movie 2018

Why Are We Creative?

A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature, philosophy, politics, business and science, are asked the same question: "Why are you creative?"

Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
1h 3m
TV Show 2018

Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable

Unbelievable is a Japanese variety/documentary TV show produced by Fuji TV. It is hosted by Takeshi Kitano and began broadcasting in October 1997.

Plankton Salesmen
1h 26m
Movie 2017

Plankton Salesmen

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.

Outrage Coda
1h 44m
Movie 2017

Outrage Coda

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.

Biography

Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known in Japan as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi), 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 TV host. Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Two Beat, before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's Violent Cop and garnered international acclaim for Sonatine (1993). He was not widely accepted as an accomplished director in Japan until Hana-bi won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his Outrage crime trilogy with the release of Outrage Coda. He is also known internationally for hosting the game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1990) and starring in the film Battle Royale (2000).

Acting

2024
Broken Rage
2023
Kubi
2023
Takeshi's Castle Japan
2020
Citizen Kitano
2020
たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2018
Why Are We Creative?
2018
Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
2017
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Outrage Coda
2017
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
2017
Prison Break
2017
Ghost in the Shell
2016
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016
While the Women Are Sleeping
2015
Aka Medaka
2015
Mozu The Movie
2015
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
2015
たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史
2014
オモクリ監督~O-Creator's TV Show~
2014
Morning
2014
The 8th Floor
2014
In Between Mountains and Oceans
2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2013
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2012
日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ
2012
Beyond Outrage
2012
Dearest
2012
A Special Day
2008
What the War Meant
2008
Achilles and the Tortoise
2007
Dots and Lines
2007
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2003
MXC
2003
Musashi
2002
Takeshi's Castle
2000
The Story of One Century
1998
加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!
1996
Making-of Kids Return
1995
Gonin
1995
Getting Any?
1993
Many Happy Returns
1993
Sonatine
1992
Dioxin from Fish!
1992
北野ファンクラブ
1992
Kitano fan kurabu
1992
A Legend of Turmoil
1991
Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
1991
Kim's War
1990
KILL THEM ALL
1990
Boiling Point
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1989
Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle
1988
The Boss' Wife
1986
Takeshi's Castle
1985
Jesus' Ark
1985
Demon
1985
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto

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