Takeshi Kitano

Highest Rated: 100% Kids Return (1996)

Lowest Rated: 12% Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Birthday: Jan 18, 1947

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Kitano might not be a household name in North America, but with his Japanese legacy, he probably should be. Kitano's career spanned many decades and spread across different genres, styles, and mediums. He was part of a popular comedy duo in the 1970s and 1980s. He hosted a popular game show. He starred in, wrote, and directed numerous movies, ranging from hard-boiled and violent yakuza-focused ones to light-hearted surrealist comedies. Kitano lived through trials and tribulations, including a turbulent relationship (or lack thereof) with his father and a life-altering motorcycle accident in the mid-1990s, just when he reached international acclaim as a filmmaker. Kitano, or Beat Takeshi as he was known in his acting roles, had a lengthy resume, with some of the most acclaimed Japanese films ever made to his name. He was often seen as the successor to Akira Kurosawa, and sometimes even referred to as the Japanese Woody Allen. Whatever he was exactly, he was a rare breed.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

			Credit
43%	51%	Ghost in the Shell	Aramaki (Character)	$40.5M	2017
60%	66%	Outrage Coda	Otomo (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor	-	2017
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	While the Women Are Sleeping	Sahara (Character)	-	2016
No Score Yet	43%	Dearest	Teruo Sugino (Character)	-	2012
50%	58%	Outrage: Beyond	Otomo (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor	$3.6K	2012
80%	64%	Outrage	Ôtomo (Character), Director, Screenwriter	$44.4K	2010
No Score Yet	83%	Achilles and the Tortoise	Machisu Kuramochi (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor	-	2008
No Score Yet	52%	Glory to the Filmmaker!	Unknown (Character), Director, Screenwriter	-	2007
40%	60%	Takeshis'	Beat Takeshi/Mr. Kitano (Character), Director, Screenwriter	-	2005
No Score Yet	72%	Blood and Bones	Kim Sun-pei (Character)	-	2004
87%	88%	Zatoichi	Zatôichi / Ichi (Character), Director	$853.7K	2003
30%	29%	Battle Royale II: Requiem	Kitano (Character)	-	2003
74%	88%	Dolls	Director, Writer, Film Editor	$4.1K	2002
88%	89%	Battle Royale	Kitano-sensei (Character)	-	2000
47%	79%	Brother	Yamamoto (Character), Director, Writer, Film Editor	$447.8K	2000
61%	92%	Kikujiro	Kikujiro (Character), Director, Writer	$198.2K	1999
71%	71%	Taboo	Captain Toshizo Hijikata (Character)	$133.9K	1999
96%	93%	Fireworks	Yoshitaka Nishi (Character), Director, Writer, Film Editor	$413.5K	1997
100%	89%	Kids Return	Director, Writer, Film Editor	-	1996
83%	72%	Gonin	Ichiro Kyoya (Character)	-	1995
12%	31%	Johnny Mnemonic	Takahashi (Character)	$16.7M	1995
No Score Yet	60%	Getting Any?	Scientist (Character), Director, Writer	-	1994
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Kyoso Tanjo	Daisuke Shiba (Character)	-	1993
88%	89%	Sonatine	Aniki Murakawa (Character), Director, Writer, Film Editor	$48K	1993
No Score Yet	85%	A Scene at the Sea	Director, Writer	-	1992
94%	63%	Boiling Point	Uehara (Character), Director, Writer	$1.5K	1990
83%	80%	Violent Cop	Azuma (Character), Director	$2K	1989
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Anego	Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman (Character)	-	1988
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Comic Magazine	Police (Character)	-	1986
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Yasha	Yajima (Character)	-	1985
82%	79%	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Sgt. Gengo Hara (Character)	-	1983
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Dump Truck Rascal	Police 1 (Character)	-	1981

QUOTES FROM Takeshi Kitano CHARACTERS

Kitano says: Life is a game. So fight for survival...and find out if you're worth it.

Kitano says: If you hate someone, you take the consequences.

Kitano says: The last one....Cookies sure were good.

Kitano says: The last one... Cookies sure were good.

Murakawa says: Indecent exposure is fun!

Kitano says: So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules.

Ôtomo (as Beat Takeshi) says: Surrender?

Ôtomo (as Beat Takeshi) says: I risked my life for your orders! Now you take my turf?