72.2% from 9 members
Seven Samurai
One of my favourite films of all time and yes, its ALL THAT! If you hate subtitles, then this nearly three hour film is not for you. This masterpiece in film making may be hard going at times if you're not accustomed with Japanese culture, but give it ago and you will not be disappointed. The climatic battle in the rain is often imitated but never equalled . Excellent character study, direction, story and cinematography.
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Seven Samurai
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to ..read more »
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Following
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Bill (Jeremy Theobald) is in trouble. He's a writer who, when bored with pounding the keys on his Remington, goes into the streets to follow people. He becomes so obsessed with following them that he has set up rules--like not following them when he discovers where they live or work. Then, one day, ..read more »
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Seven
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Seven
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: David Fincher
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Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust--these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic killer in David Fincher's bleak thriller SEVEN. Set in a perpetually gloomy unnamed city, the film follows Somerset (Morgan Freeman)..read more »
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Hana-Bi
My favourite Kitano film. An unconventional detective film, that at its heart is a romantic film, but brilliant. At times beautiful and often lyrical, others violent and cold. And thats the point. Not a bad effort then after completly paralysing his entire left side in a motorbike accident.
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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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Zatoichi
Kitano's first big money studio film. Maybe not as intellectual as his other films, but damn can he make good entertainment films. I also think this is where Kevin Smith got his dance idea for Clerks II.
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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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Kikujiro
Time for something different. No violence, which may seem strange to people who only know Kitano for his violent films. He actually started his life as a comedian. This shows his tender comedic side (we'll just forget about GETTING ANY).
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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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Brother
His first time in America and not really well recieved. Though i feel it's not well known. Violence, violence, death and more violence. This is one for introducing people to Kitano, featuring many of his trademarks. For the more action orientated viewer.
" I understand f***ing Jap a**hole"
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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 3,174 members
Sonatine
Kitano's Gangster film, and what a film indeed. Can be an acquired taste, the story focuses on gangsters in hiding and how they pass time, not their violence. But there is violence, oh yes, it's sudden and shocking. Typical Kitano then.
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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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from 3,593 members
Violent Cop
Kitano's directorial debut, that he kinda made by accident. This is violence Dirty Harry style, there's no bullet ballet here, just straight forward violence. The ending is just beautiful. Bloody, very bloody, but beautiful nonetheless.
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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 2,659 members
Gohatto
Kitano only acts in this one and it surprised me actually. A lot of swordplay and a fairly decent story.
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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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