Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano Sets Sights on What's Likely His Final Film 'Kubi'

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2021

Takeshi Kitano — the Japanese figure known both for his blood-soaked yakuza films and TV comedy — has announced his next film. The 74-year-...

Violent Cop

Takeshi Kitano

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2013

Prior to focusing on aestheticism in film, but after his long time stint as television comedian "Beat" Takeshi, Kitano shifted his career i...

Outrage

Takeshi Kitano

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2011

The man who put the "Yeah!!!!" in yakuza, Takeshi "Call Me Beat" Kitano returns with his first pure yakuza movie in far too long. The enigm...

Takeshis'

Takeshi Kitano

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

This is an awesomely self-reflexive meditation on fame and its costs by Japan’s media titan, Takeshi Kitano. He plays the two roles of Beat...

Zatoichi

Takeshi Kitano

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Takeshi Kitano revives Zatoichi, the Japanese folk hero, in an audacious, dazzling film. Set in the early 1800s, Zatoichi is a blind masseu...

Zatoichi

Takeshi Kitano

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

Takeshi Kitano (Violent Cop) revives Japanese folk hero Zatoichi in an audacious, dazzling film. Set in the early 1800s, Zatoichi is a blin...