Takeshi Kitano
Directing
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).
Born: January 18, 1947
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me
Captures the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusamas creative process as she diligently works to complete her series of 50 large monochrome drawings. As her work comes to life, one can witness the essence of her art as it wells up in the conflict between life, death, and love.
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times
Takeshi's Castle
Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him.
Musashi
Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
Morning
A pensioner takes a walk in the park.
Makoto-chan
A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see him attend film festivals, personal influences and of course the study of his main films, apart from the opinions about him by other filmmakers such as Takeshi Kitano or Kinji Fukasaku.
Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi.
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.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Nezumi
as Hashiba Hideyoshi
as Self
as 古今亭志生
as Self
as Storyteller
as Self (archive footage)
as Otomo
as Urata
as Aramaki
as Sahara
as Detective Koichiro Iwase
as Tatekawa Danshi
as Daruma
as Detective Murakami
as Self
as Himself
as Rokuro Fujisawa
as Himself
as Self
as Otomo
as Teruo Sugino
as Self
as Private First Class Oomiya
as Otomo
as Hideki Tojo
as Take-Majin (voice)
as Machisu
as Jutaro Torikai
as The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")
as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
as Himself
as Joon-pyong Kim
as Chancellor
as Self
as Self
as Zatoichi / Ichi
as Kitano
as Munisai Shinmen
as Niju Menso
as Kitano
as Aniki Yamamoto
as Self
as Toshizo Hijikata
as Kikujiro
as Yakusa
as Yoshitaka Nishi
as Himself
as Ichiro Kyoya
as Takahashi
as Scientist
as Daisuke Shiba
as Aniki Murakawa
as 出演
as Okuyama
as Azuma
as Kiichirou Yashiro
as Self
as Kim Hyi-ro
as Uehara
as Yama no hito
as Azuma Ryosuke
as Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
as 演员
as Count Takeshi
as Police
as Takeyoshi Sengoku
as Yajima
as Hiroshi Igarashi
as Hara (archive footage)
as Kiyoshi Ôkubo
as Man at Racetrack
as Ramen shop owner
as Shinobu
as Gang Member
as Self