TAKESHI KITANO
DIRECTING
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.
- Zatoichi2003
- Brother2000
- Dolls2002
- Kikujiro1999
- Takeshis'2005
- Glory to the Filmmaker!2007
- A Scene at the Sea1991
- Sonatine1993
- Achilles and the Tortoise2008
- Violent Cop1989
- Boiling Point1990
- Kids Return1996
- To Each His Own Cinema2007
- Outrage2010
- Getting Any?1995
- Beyond Outrage2012
- Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen2015
- Fireworks1997
- Outrage Coda2017
- Kubi2023