Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Personal Info

  • Name: Takeshi Kitano
  • Birthday:

    1947-01-18

  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Website:https://takeshi-kitano.jp
  • Know For:

    Directing

  • Popularity: 14.067
  • Also Known As

    Такэси Китано

    Beat Takeshi

    Такеши Китано

    기타노 타케시

    비트 타케시

    "Beat" Takeshi Kitano

    บีท ทาเกชิ

    تاکشی کیتانو

Takeshi Kitano

Biography

Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known in Japan as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi), is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host.

Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Two Beat, before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's Violent Cop and garnered international acclaim for Sonatine (1993). He was not widely accepted as an accomplished director in Japan until Hana-bi won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his Outrage crime trilogy with the release of Outrage Coda. He is also known internationally for hosting the game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1990) and starring in the film Battle Royale (2000).

Top Movie Cast

Zatoichi
Zatoichitrue- Zatoichi / Ichi

2003-09-06

7.2
Brother
Brothertrue- Aniki Yamamoto

2000-12-13

7.1
Battle Royale
Battle Royaletrue- Kitano

2000-12-16

7.3
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiemtrue- Kitano

2003-07-05

5.0
Kikujiro
Kikujirotrue- Kikujiro

1999-06-05

7.5
Takeshis'
Takeshis'true- Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

2005-09-02

6.1
Taboo
Tabootrue- Toshizo Hijikata

1999-12-18

6.6
Blood and Bones
Blood and Bonestrue- Joon-pyong Kim

2004-11-06

6.6
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Glory to the Filmmaker!true- Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer

2007-06-02

6.3
Sonatine
Sonatinetrue- Aniki Murakawa

1993-09-10

7.5
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrencetrue- Hara

1983-05-28

7.3
Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoisetrue- Machisu

2008-09-20

7.0
Boiling Point
Boiling Pointtrue- Uehara

1990-09-15

6.9
Violent Cop
Violent Coptrue- Azuma Ryosuke

1989-08-12

7.2
Gonin
Gonintrue- Ichiro Kyoya

1995-09-23

6.7
Johnny Mnemonic
Johnny Mnemonictrue- Takahashi

1995-05-26

5.8
Outrage
Outragetrue- Otomo

2010-05-17

6.9
In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden
In Your Blood: Hoki Naidentrue

Release Date

0.0
Kubi
Kubitrue- Hashiba Hideyoshi

2023-11-23

7.0
Getting Any?
Getting Any?true- Scientist

1995-02-11

5.7
Tokyo Eyes
Tokyo Eyestrue- Yakusa

1998-09-09

6.7
No More Comics!
No More Comics!true- Police

1986-03-24

6.0
Jesus' Ark
Jesus' Arktrue- Takeyoshi Sengoku

1985-12-09

0.0
Arakimentari
Arakimentaritrue- Self

2004-01-18

6.3
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubotrue- Kiyoshi Ôkubo

1983-08-29

0.0
Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outragetrue- Otomo

2012-09-03

7.0
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floortrue- Man at Racetrack

1983-07-02

6.7
Dearest
Dearesttrue- Teruo Sugino

2012-08-25

6.8
Demon
Demontrue- Yajima

1985-08-31

7.7
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Specialtrue

2016-07-03

6.0
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALEtrue- Self

2001-01-13

0.0
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IItrue- Self

2003-07-10

0.0
Kikoku
Kikokutrue- Private First Class Oomiya

2010-08-12

3.5
Izo
Izotrue- Chancellor

2004-09-07

6.1
Zankyo
Zankyotrue

1999-02-13

0.0
Erotic Liaisons
Erotic Liaisonstrue- Okuyama

1992-10-17

4.7
The 300 million yen robbery
The 300 million yen robberytrue

2000-12-30

0.0
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushontrue

1999-05-19

0.0
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievabletrue

1999-04-21

0.0
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Hoshi wo tsugu monotrue- Yama no hito

1990-02-03

0.0
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmentrue- Detective Murakami

2015-04-25

6.4
Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmentrue- Self (archive footage)

2017-10-29

0.0
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospeltrue- Rokuro Fujisawa

2014-01-19

4.0
Mozu The Movie
Mozu The Movietrue- Daruma

2015-11-07

6.9
The Boss' Wife
The Boss' Wifetrue- Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman

1988-11-19

5.0
Aka Medaka
Aka Medakatrue- Tatekawa Danshi

2015-12-28

7.9
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Miwa: A Japanese Icontrue- Himself

2013-08-31

6.3
While the Women Are Sleeping
While the Women Are Sleepingtrue- Sahara

2016-02-27

5.7
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shelltrue- Chief Daisuke Aramaki

2017-03-29

6.1
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summittrue- Take-Majin (voice)

2008-10-26

4.9
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shelltrue- self

2017-07-25

0.0
Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returnstrue- Daisuke Shiba

1993-11-20

6.8
A Legend of Turmoil
A Legend of Turmoiltrue- Kiichirou Yashiro

1992-01-15

7.5
Broken Rage
Broken Ragetrue- Nezumi

2024-09-06

6.8
Outrage Coda
Outrage Codatrue- Otomo

2017-10-07

6.8
Makoto-chan
Makoto-chantrue

1980-07-26

8.0
The Dump Truck Rascal
The Dump Truck Rascaltrue

1981-04-29

5.0
Manon
Manontrue- Shinobu

1981-09-26

0.0
Completely... With That Air!
Completely... With That Air!true

1981-12-20

0.0
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
Joke with a Sorrowful Hearttrue- Hiroshi Igarashi

1985-04-26

0.0
Kim's War
Kim's Wartrue- Kim Hyi-ro

1991-04-05

0.0
Dioxin from Fish!
Dioxin from Fish!true

1992-02-22

0.0
Kichiku
Kichikutrue

2002-10-15

0.0
Prison Break
Prison Breaktrue- Urata

2017-04-12

5.8
What the War Meant
What the War Meanttrue- Hideki Tojo

2008-12-24

0.0
A Living Promise
A Living Promisetrue- Detective Koichiro Iwase

2016-01-09

0.0
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
Go, Go Second Time Virgintrue- Gang Member

1969-01-01

6.7
Trespassing Bergman
Trespassing Bergmantrue- Self

2013-08-28

6.6
A Special Day
A Special Daytrue- Self

2012-05-16

6.0
The Golden Cups: One More Time
The Golden Cups: One More Timetrue- Himself

2004-11-20

0.0
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinematrue- The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")

2007-10-31

6.5
The 8th Floor
The 8th Floortrue- Self

2014-05-10

0.0
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!true- Self

2004-02-22

8.0
Making-of Kids Return
Making-of Kids Returntrue- Himself

1996-12-31

6.0
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Mensotrue- Niju Menso

2002-08-27

5.0
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Making of 'Battle Royale'true- Self

2000-12-01

0.0
In Between Mountains and Oceans
In Between Mountains and Oceanstrue- Himself

2014-04-11

0.0
Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
Shoko Asahara with Takeshitrue

1991-12-30

0.0
KILL THEM ALL
KILL THEM ALLtrue

1990-11-23

0.0
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamototrue- Hara (archive footage)

1985-04-09

7.0
Fireworks
Fireworkstrue- Yoshitaka Nishi

1997-10-30

7.7
Citizen Kitano
Citizen Kitanotrue- Self

2020-10-16

7.5
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1true

2009-11-20

0.0
Dots and Lines
Dots and Linestrue- Jutaro Torikai

2007-11-24

0.0
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitanotrue

2000-05-05

0.0
Summer Secrets
Summer Secretstrue

1982-09-18

5.0
School in the Crosshairs
School in the Crosshairstrue

1982-10-11

0.0

Top Movie Crew

Zatoichi
Zatoichitrue

Directing

2003-09-06

7.2
Zatoichi
Zatoichitrue

Writing

2003-09-06

7.2
Zatoichi
Zatoichitrue

Editing

2003-09-06

7.2
Brother
Brothertrue

Directing

2000-12-13

7.1
Brother
Brothertrue

Editing

2000-12-13

7.1
Dolls
Dollstrue

Directing

2002-10-12

7.6
Dolls
Dollstrue

Writing

2002-10-12

7.6
Dolls
Dollstrue

Editing

2002-10-12

7.6
Kikujiro
Kikujirotrue

Editing

1999-06-05

7.5
Kikujiro
Kikujirotrue

Directing

1999-06-05

7.5
Kikujiro
Kikujirotrue

Writing

1999-06-05

7.5
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Glory to the Filmmaker!true

Directing

2007-06-02

6.3
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Glory to the Filmmaker!true

Writing

2007-06-02

6.3
Takeshis'
Takeshis'true

Directing

2005-09-02

6.1
Fireworks
Fireworkstrue

Editing

1997-10-30

7.7
A Scene at the Sea
A Scene at the Seatrue

Directing

1991-10-19

7.4
Sonatine
Sonatinetrue

Directing

1993-09-10

7.5
Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoisetrue

Directing

2008-09-20

7.0
Boiling Point
Boiling Pointtrue

Directing

1990-09-15

6.9
Boiling Point
Boiling Pointtrue

Writing

1990-09-15

6.9
Kids Return
Kids Returntrue

Directing

1996-07-27

6.9
Kids Return
Kids Returntrue

Writing

1996-07-27

6.9
Kids Return
Kids Returntrue

Editing

1996-07-27

6.9
Violent Cop
Violent Coptrue

Directing

1989-08-12

7.2
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinematrue

Directing

2007-10-31

6.5
Outrage
Outragetrue

Directing

2010-05-17

6.9
Outrage
Outragetrue

Writing

2010-05-17

6.9
Getting Any?
Getting Any?true

Directing

1995-02-11

5.7
Getting Any?
Getting Any?true

Writing

1995-02-11

5.7
Getting Any?
Getting Any?true

Editing

1995-02-11

5.7
Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outragetrue

Directing

2012-09-03

7.0
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinematrue

Writing

2007-10-31

6.5
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmentrue

Directing

2015-04-25

6.4
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmentrue

Writing

2015-04-25

6.4
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmentrue

Editing

2015-04-25

6.4
Sonatine
Sonatinetrue

Editing

1993-09-10

7.5
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1true

Directing

2009-11-20

0.0
Asakusa Kid
Asakusa Kidtrue

Writing

2002-04-26

10.0
Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returnstrue

Writing

1993-11-20

6.8
Fireworks
Fireworkstrue

Directing

1997-10-30

7.7
Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outragetrue

Writing

2012-09-03

7.0
Takeshis'
Takeshis'true

Writing

2005-09-02

6.1
Takeshis'
Takeshis'true

Editing

2005-09-02

6.1
Kids Return: The Reunion
Kids Return: The Reuniontrue

Writing

2013-10-12

5.5
analog
analogtrue

Writing

2023-10-06

6.3
Outrage Coda
Outrage Codatrue

Directing

2017-10-07

6.8
Outrage Coda
Outrage Codatrue

Editing

2017-10-07

6.8
Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outragetrue

Editing

2012-09-03

7.0
Outrage
Outragetrue

Editing

2010-05-17

6.9
Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoisetrue

Writing

2008-09-20

7.0
Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoisetrue

Editing

2008-09-20

7.0
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Glory to the Filmmaker!true

Editing

2007-06-02

6.3
A Scene at the Sea
A Scene at the Seatrue

Editing

1991-10-19

7.4
Fireworks
Fireworkstrue

Writing

1997-10-30

7.7
Kubi
Kubitrue

Editing

2023-11-23

7.0
Broken Rage
Broken Ragetrue

Directing

2024-09-06

6.8
Broken Rage
Broken Ragetrue

Writing

2024-09-06

6.8
Kubi
Kubitrue

Writing

2023-11-23

7.0
Brother
Brothertrue

Writing

2000-12-13

7.1
A Scene at the Sea
A Scene at the Seatrue

Writing

1991-10-19

7.4
Broken Rage
Broken Ragetrue

Editing

2024-09-06

6.8
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinematrue

Production

2007-10-31

6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinematrue

Editing

2007-10-31

6.5
Violent Cop
Violent Coptrue

Writing

1989-08-12

7.2
Sonatine
Sonatinetrue

Writing

1993-09-10

7.5
Outrage Coda
Outrage Codatrue

Writing

2017-10-07

6.8
Asakusa Kid
Asakusa Kidtrue

Writing

2021-12-09

7.2
Kubi
Kubitrue

Directing

2023-11-23

7.0
Kubi
Kubitrue

Writing

2023-11-23

7.0

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