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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 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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from 1,157 member
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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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from 20,665 members
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Dolls
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi
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 »
64%
from 2,841 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 »
63%
from 2,022 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 3,621 members
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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.
70%
from 2,951 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 6,250 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 1,109 member
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Getting Any
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dankan, Tokie Hidari
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 »
52%
from 454 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 »
66%
from 4,169 members
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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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from 1,998 member
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Demon
(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 259 members
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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...
