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      Takeshi Kitano

      Takeshi Kitano

      Highest Rated: 100% Kids Return (1996)

      Lowest Rated: 18% 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.

      Highest rated movies

      Fireworks poster
      Fireworks
      Boiling Point poster Boiling Point Sonatine poster
      Sonatine
      Battle Royale poster
      Battle Royale
      Zatoichi poster
      Zatoichi
      Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence poster
      Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
      Gonin poster
      Gonin
      Violent Cop poster
      Violent Cop

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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      60% 68% Outrage Coda Otomo (Character),
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Film Editing
      - 2017
      43% 51% Ghost in the Shell Aramaki (Character) $40.5M 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet While the Women Are Sleeping Sahara (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Umi Yama Aida Unknown (Character) - 2014
      50% 58% Outrage: Beyond Otomo (Character),
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Film Editing
      $3.6K 2012
      No Score Yet 47% Dearest Teruo Sugino (Character) - 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 Editing
      - 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
      30% 29% Battle Royale II: Requiem Kitano (Character) - 2003
      87% 88% Zatoichi Zatôichi / Ichi (Character),
      Director
      $853.7K 2003
      73% 88% Dolls Director,
      Writer,
      Film Editing
      $4.1K 2002
      88% 89% Battle Royale Kitano-sensei (Character) - 2000
      47% 79% Brother Yamamoto (Character),
      Director,
      Writer,
      Film Editing
      $447.8K 2000
      61% 92% Kikujiro Kikujiro (Character),
      Director,
      Writer
      $198.2K 1999
      71% 71% Taboo Captain Toshizo Hijikata (Character) $133.9K 1999
      96% 92% Fireworks Yoshitaka Nishi (Character),
      Director,
      Writer,
      Film Editing
      $413.5K 1997
      100% 89% Kids Return Director,
      Writer,
      Film Editing
      - 1996
      83% 72% Gonin Ichiro Kyoya (Character) - 1995
      18% 31% Johnny Mnemonic Takahashi (Character) $16.7M 1995
      No Score Yet 60% Getting Any? Scientist (Character),
      Director,
      Writer
      - 1994
      92% 89% Sonatine Aniki Murakawa (Character),
      Director,
      Writer,
      Film Editing
      $48.0K 1993
      No Score Yet 0% Kyoso Tanjo Daisuke Shiba (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet 86% A Scene at the Sea Director,
      Writer
      - 1992
      94% 64% Boiling Point Uehara (Character),
      Director,
      Writer
      $1.5K 1990
      83% 81% Violent Cop Azuma (Character),
      Director
      $2.0K 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
      84% 79% Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Sgt. Gengo Hara (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dump Truck Rascal Police 1 (Character) - 1981