Takeshi Kitano
Known for: Directing
Born: January 18, 1947
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 sever…
Known for
Zatoichi
2003
Brother
2000
Kikujiro
1999
Takeshis'
2005
Taboo
1999
Blood and Bones
2004
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
Sonatine
1993
Achilles and the Tortoise
2008
Violent Cop
1989
Outrage
2010
In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden
Kubi
2023
Morning
2014
Jesus' Ark
1985
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
1983
Beyond Outrage
2012
The 300 million yen robbery
2000
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable
1999
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon
1999
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
While the Women Are Sleeping
2016
Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro)
1999
Broken Rage
2024
The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano
1999
Outrage Coda
2017
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
1985
Kim's War
1991
Kichiku
2002
Prison Break
2017
The Golden Cups: One More Time
2004
Making-of Kids Return
1996
In Between Mountains and Oceans
2014
Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
1991
Fireworks
1997
Citizen Kitano
2020
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
2009
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
Hana-bi (1997) – Behind-the-scenes Footage
1997
Zankyo
1999
Aka Medaka
2015
Ghost in the Shell
2017
Makoto-chan
1980
What the War Meant
2008
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
2002
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
2025
Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me
2008
Battle Royale
2000
Boiling Point
1990
Gonin
1995
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
No More Comics!
1986
Kikoku
2010
Erotic Liaisons
1992
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
Completely... With That Air!
1981
Manon
1981
The 8th Floor
2014
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Arakimentari
2004
Demon
1985
Mozu The Movie
2015
Many Happy Returns
1993
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
1990
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Dioxin from Fish!
1992
雨の降る駅
1986
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
Dearest
2012
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
Izo
2004
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
2015
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
1969
The Boss' Wife
1988
A Living Promise
2016
KILL THEM ALL
1990
Summer Secrets
1982
Getting Any?
1995
A Special Day
2012
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Why Are We Creative?
2018
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Tokyo Eyes
1998
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
2008
MXC
2003
Takeshi's Castle
2002
北野ファンクラブ
1992
Kitano fan kurabu
1992
Musashi
2003
Takeshi's Castle Japan
2023
Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle
1989
たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
2020
加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!
1998
Kodai bunmei Misuterī Takeshi no shin sekai nana fushigi dai hyakka
Golden Horse Awards
1962
たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史
2015
Today's Close-Up
1993
The Story of One Century
2000
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
オモクリ監督～O－Creator's TV Show～
2014
日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ
2012
Takeshi's Castle
1986
Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
2018
Dots and Lines
2007