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Zatoichi
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
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Zatoichi - BLU-RAY Version
(2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
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Dolls
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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DOLLS comprises three touching stories of true love, directed by Takeshi Kitano. The first installment tells the story of a career-driven man who gives up his girlfriend in favour of his job. She attempts suicide and he returns to her, and they roam the country together in search of whatever it is ..read more »
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64%
from 2,501 members
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Brother
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Tatyana M. Ali
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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In his first film shot in the United States, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano stars as Aniki, a stoic "yakuza" (the Japanese version of the Mafia) who heads to Los Angeles after his clan loses a mob war. Unable to speak English, he still manages to take control of his little brother's small-time ..read more »
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from 3,153 members
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Gohatto
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Nagisa Oshima
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Widely regarded as the greatest living Japanese director as well as one of the film world's foremost hierophants of transgression, Nagisa Oshima returns from a long hiatus with a film worthy of his reputation. Set in 1865 during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it focuses on an exotic ..read more »
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62%
from 1,696 member
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Kikujiro
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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The story of Masao, a nine year old boy who wishes that he could meet up with his mother again. He along with Kikujiro, a small time gangster, undertake a long journey which brings them closer together.
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from 2,516 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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Detective Nishi has just lost his infant daughter and is about to lose his wife to a fatal illness. He is advised by the doctors to take her home so she can die in peace. Nishi also finds out his partner Horibe has been seriously wounded and may be confined to a wheelchair. Nishi visits Horibe who ..read more »
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from 5,592 members
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Gonin
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Kazuya Kimura, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiro Motoki
Director: Takashi Ishii
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Set in an economically depressed part of Japan, Takashi Ishii's GONIN features five men, all down on their luck, who decide to band together for one spectacular heist. But when things don't go quite as planned, they have to defend themselves against the local Yakuza. Ishii's film, starring Japan's ..read more »
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from 1,002 member
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Getting Any
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dankan, Tokie Hidari
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Acclaimed director Takeshi Kitano's mid-1990s slapstick comedy GETTING ANY follows the exploits of Asao, a middle-aged man (Dankan), as he feverishly struggles to find a woman -- any woman -- with whom to have sex in a car. In his quest, which smacks of satire of popular film, Asao sells his ..read more »
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from 388 members
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Sonatine
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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In Takeshi Kitano's SONATINE, a Tokyo-based yakuza boss sends Murakawa (Kitano), one of his top men, on a peacekeeping mission to Okinawa, where two rival factions are coming to blows. Murakawa is naturally suspicious of the volatile situation and decides to lay low for a few days on a secluded ..read more »
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Boiling Point
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Makoto Ashikawa
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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In Takeshi Kitano's quirky second film, Masaki (Masahiko Ono), a quiet baseball-playing gas station attendant, runs into trouble with the local yakuza. Masaki's baseball coach, Iguchi (Takahito Iguchi), turns out to be a former yakuza and attempts to straighten out the situation but only winds up ..read more »
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Violent Cop
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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In his directorial debut, famed Japanese screen personality Takeshi Kitano (acting under the alias Beat Takeshi) plays Azuma, a brutal but honorable cop at the end of his rope. Azuma's trying daily routine involves dealing with a naive new partner and caring for his drug-dependent, mentally ..read more »
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from 2,646 members
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Demon
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yuko Tanaka, Kunie Tanaka
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
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When a yakuza member (Ken Takakura) renounces his criminal ways and moves to a remote fishing village, he may not be able to completely escape the brutal lifestyle, thanks to the telltale demon tattoo on his back. This intriguing film also stars Takeshi Kitano.
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from 236 members
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Zatoichi
to Watch Now
(2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Run time: 111 minutes
Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
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'Beat' Takeshi Kitano facts
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Rent this 17 October 2003
...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...
too long for the number of ideas 10 July 2004
An Unusual 11 December 2005
