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'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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'Beat' Takeshi Kitano - what members say
review by from Bedfordshire
Rent this 17 October 2003
review by from London
too long for the number of ideas 10 July 2004
review by from Colchester
An Unusual 11 December 2005
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano - filmography
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Zatoichi - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano, best known for his 1997 film 'Hana-Bi', revives the Japanese fictional action anti-hero Zatoichi in this violent and bloody swashbuckling samurai adventure. Zatoichi (played by Takeshi himself) may be blind but he is also an incredibly gifted and precise swordsman. When the ..read more »
 
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from 1,251 member
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Zatoichi
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Zatoichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatoichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a ..read more »
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from 21,029 members
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Dolls
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Three stories of undying love, as told by Bunraku Dolls (Japanese traditional puppets)... Matsumoto and Sawako was once a happy couple, but the pressures of meddling parents and success forces them to make a tragic choice. Hiro is an aging yakuza boss. Thirty years ago, he was a poor factory worker ..read more »
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from 2,924 members
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Brother
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tatyana M. Ali, Ren Osugi
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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When Yakuza gangster Yamamoto is forcibly retired from his clan after a hostile takeover, he flies from Tokyo to Los Angeles to find his younger half brother Ken, whom he believes he has been financing through college. When he finds that Ken has dropped out of school to run a sloppy drug-dealing ..read more »
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from 3,752 members
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Gohatto
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Yoichi Sai, Koji Matoba
Director: Nagisa Oshima
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Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano takes the lead in this stylish Samurai drama from director Nagisa Oshima ('In the Realm of the Senses', 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence'). Tashiro (Tadanobu Asano) and Kano (Ryuhei Matsuda) are the two newest recruits to the Shinsen-gumi militia, and their development is being ..read more »
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from 2,099 members
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Kikujiro
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Multi-talented filmmaker Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano takes a break from the violent gangster films which made his name outside Japan to deliver this story of the friendship between a small boy and a washed-up yakusa. When young Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) discovers a picture of his long-lost mother at his ..read more »
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from 3,050 members
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Hana-Bi
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Actor and auteur Takeshi Kitano (who in Japan also uses the stage name Beat Takeshi, primarily for his work as a television comedian) wrote, directed, edited, and starred in this unusual crime drama. Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) is a policeman whose emotions seem to run only on two extreme paths -- ..read more »
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from 6,444 members
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Getting Any
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Tokie Hidari, Dankan
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano made an international name for himself for directing films of great emotional subtlety and technical innovation such as Hana-Bi and Sonatine. This film displays none of those traits. Directed under his comedian moniker Beat Takeshi, Kitano displays the bawdy schtick that made him ..read more »
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from 471 members
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Gonin
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Masahiro Motoki
Director: Takashi Ishii
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Five men, each teetering on the brink of collapse, all decide to take on the Yakuza in one final desperate attempt to save their dignity. The five plan and execute a successful raid on a Yakuza headquarters, getting away with nearly a hundred million yen. But the Yakuza know how to deal with such ..read more »
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from 1,139 member
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Sonatine
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Ren Osugi
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Original and elegaic Yakuza drama from cult actor-director Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano. Murakawa (Kitano) is a powerful and trusted gangster who is persuaded to travel to Okinawa to help clear up a dispute between rival gangs. The task proves anything but easy, and as bloody conflict erupts around him, ..read more »
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from 4,313 members
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Boiling Point
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Makoto Ashikawa, Masahiko Ono
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano directs, writes, and acts in this gangster comedy about the Yakuza, the notorious criminal organization of Japan. Masahiko Ono portrays the hapless Masaki, a local baseball player and gas-station attendant who runs afoul of some local gangsters. Masaki goes to ..read more »
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from 2,053 members
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Violent Cop
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Makoto Ashikawa, Shiro Sano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Television comedian, author of a number of books, and star in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawerence, Takeshi Kitano stepped behind the megaphone for this two-fisted crime thriller after yakuza flick auteur Kinji Fukasaka walked off the project. Police detective Azuma (Kitano) is loose cannon ..read more »
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from 3,083 members
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Demon
(1985)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Ken Takakura, Kunie Tanaka
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
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When Shuji, a yakuza member (Ken Takakura) turns his back on his criminal ways, relocating to a remote fishing village, he may not be able to completely escape the brutal lifestyle, due to the distinctive demon tattoo on his back.
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...This is the first 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano film I've seen and it made me want to see more - in fact I ran straight out (OK, not literally) and bought a few of his films. 'Beat' is actu...
