Takeshi Kitano [3317] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.8702 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Birthday: 1947-01-18 Age: 78 years Movies: 90 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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). Broken Rage2024-09-06 Kubi2023-11-23 Citizen Kitano2020-10-16 Why Are We Creative?2018-09-07 Plankton Salesmen2017-10-29 Outrage Coda2017-10-07 Ghost in the Shell: Har2017-07-25 Prison Break2017-04-12 Ghost in the Shell2017-03-29 Doctor X: Gekai Daimon 2016-07-03 While the Women Are Sle2016-02-27 A Living Promise2016-01-09 Aka Medaka2015-12-28 Mozu The Movie2015-11-07 Ryuzo and the Seven Hen2015-04-25 Morning2014-09-01 The 8th Floor2014-05-10 In Between Mountains an2014-04-11 Seicho Matsumoto's Blac2014-01-19 Trespassing Bergman2013-08-28 Beyond Outrage2012-09-03 Dearest2012-08-25 A Special Day2012-05-16 Kikoku2010-08-12 Miwa: A Japanese Icon2013-08-31 Outrage2010-05-17 What the War Meant2008-12-24 The Monster X Strikes B2008-10-26 Achilles and the Tortoi2008-09-20 Dots and Lines2007-11-24 Glory to the Filmmaker!2007-06-02 To Each His Own Cinema2007-10-31 Takeshis'2005-09-02 The Golden Cups: One Mo2004-11-20 Blood and Bones2004-11-06 Izo2004-09-07 Electric Yakuza, Go to 2004-02-22 Arakimentari2004-01-18 Zatoichi2003-09-06 The Final Battleground 2003-07-10 Battle Royale II: Requi2003-07-05 Kichiku2002-10-15 Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin2002-08-27 Shooting Film is Battle2001-01-13 The 300 million yen rob2000-12-30 Battle Royale2000-12-16 Making of 'Battle Royal2000-12-01 Brother2000-12-13 Scenes by the Sea: Take2000-05-05 Taboo1999-12-18 Kikujiro1999-06-05 Kiseki Taiken! Anbiriba1999-05-19 Kiseki Taiken! Anbiriba1999-04-21 The Unpredictable Takes1999-03-05 Jam Session (The Offici1999-02-28 Zankyo1999-02-13 Tokyo Eyes1998-09-09 Fireworks1997-10-30 Making-of Kids Return1996-12-31 Gonin1995-09-23 Johnny Mnemonic1995-05-26 Getting Any?1995-02-11 Many Happy Returns1993-11-20 Sonatine1993-09-10 Erotic Liaisons1992-10-17 Dioxin from Fish!1992-02-22 A Legend of Turmoil1992-01-15 Shoko Asahara with Take1991-12-30 Kim's War1991-04-05 KILL THEM ALL1990-11-23 Boiling Point1990-09-15 Hoshi wo tsugu mono1990-02-03 Violent Cop1989-08-12 The Boss' Wife1988-11-19 No More Comics!1986-03-24 Jesus' Ark1985-12-09 Demon1985-08-31 Joke with a Sorrowful H1985-04-26 Tokyo Melody: A Film Ab1985-04-09 The Crimes of Kiyoshi 1983-08-29 The Mosquito on the Ten1983-07-02 Merry Christmas, Mr. La1983-05-28 School in the Crosshair1982-10-11 Summer Secrets1982-09-18 Completely... With That1981-12-20 Manon1981-09-26 The Dump Truck Rascal1981-04-29 Makoto-chan1980-07-26 Go, Go Second Time Virg1969-01-01 In Your Blood: Hoki Nai