Takeshi Kitano

Q: Has Takeshi Kitano won any awards?

Yes, Takeshi Kitano has received numerous awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for 'Hana-bi' in 1997, highlighting his impact on international cinema.

Q: What was Takeshi Kitano's first film?

Takeshi Kitano's first film as a director was 'Violent Cop' released in 1989, where he also starred as the lead character, establishing his dual career in acting and filmmaking.

Q: What is Takeshi Kitano's style of acting?

Kitano's acting style is often characterized by minimal dialogue and a focus on silence, which creates a unique emotional depth in his performances, particularly in dramatic roles.

Q: What television show is Takeshi Kitano famous for?

Takeshi Kitano is famous for hosting 'Takeshi's Castle,' a popular game show that aired in Japan and gained international recognition for its humor and unique challenges.

Q: Is Takeshi Kitano involved in any other artistic endeavors?

In addition to acting and directing, Takeshi Kitano is also an accomplished painter, having exhibited his artwork in various galleries across Japan and internationally.

Q: What is Takeshi Kitano's estimated net worth?

Takeshi Kitano's estimated net worth is around $10 million, reflecting his successful career in film, television, and art.

Q: What are some milestones in Takeshi Kitano's filmography?

Some key milestones in Kitano's filmography include directing 'Hana-bi,' winning the Golden Lion, and his transition from comedy to serious filmmaking, which has defined his career.

Known for

Fireworks (2023)

2023 / Drama / 134mins

A sunbaked Sicilian town in the summer of 1982 provides the vivid backdrop to this tender romantic drama about two teenagers who fall in...

Name

Takeshi Kitano

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

18 January 1947, Tokyo, Japan

Spouses

Takeshi Kitano (1990–1999)

Children

2, Shingo Kitano, and one daughter

Parents

Katsuji Kitano, Yoshiko Kitano

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie AUM: The Cult at the End of the World The shocking story of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	Movie Broken Rage A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates...	Nezumi	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Hashiba Hideyoshi	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	TV Takeshi's Castle Japan Worldwide sensation Takeshi's Castle returns after 34 years! Popular games are revived on a larger scale and new, terrifying obstacles...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Citizen Kitano Takeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker, but many ignore his double personality: the...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	TV たけしのその時カメラは回っていた	Unknown character	Not rated
2019	TV Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again...	古今亭志生	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	Movie Why Are We Creative? A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting,...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2018	TV Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable Unbelievable is a Japanese variety/documentary TV show produced by Fuji TV. It is hosted by Takeshi Kitano and began broadcasting...	Storyteller	Not rated
2017	Movie Plankton Salesmen A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2017	Movie Outrage Coda Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South...	Otomo	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Prison Break One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in...	Urata	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	Movie Ghost in the Shell In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced...	Aramaki	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2016	Movie Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie While the Women Are Sleeping Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to...	Sahara	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie A Living Promise Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding...	Detective Koichiro Iwase	Not rated
2015	Movie Aka Medaka One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun...	Tatekawa Danshi	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2015	Movie Mozu The Movie Lone wolf detective with an enormous personal grievance seeks to connect the mysterious death of his daughter to an urban...	Daruma	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day,...	Detective Murakami	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	TV たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史	Unknown character	Not rated
2014	TV オモクリ監督～O－Creator's TV Show～	Unknown character	Not rated
2014	Movie Morning A pensioner takes a walk in the park.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	Movie The 8th Floor On the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of silence with eight...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	Movie In Between Mountains and Oceans Finding their place between the forest and the sea, the Japanese have always felt awe and gratitude toward Nature. Since...	Himself	Not rated
2014	Movie Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge...	Rokuro Fujisawa	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Miwa: A Japanese Icon A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2013	Movie Trespassing Bergman In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	TV 日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	Movie Beyond Outrage As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of...	Otomo	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Dearest The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji...	Teruo Sugino	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2012	Movie A Special Day At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2010	Movie Kikoku An unscheduled late night train arrives at Tokyo station on 15 August, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War...	Private First Class Oomiya	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2010	Movie Outrage When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he...	Otomo	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1 Various attacking forces unique to Takeshi's Castle were organized, aiming for "Defeat! Takeshi's Castle" There were many battles. This set...	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie What the War Meant The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II...	Hideki Tojo	Not rated
2008	Movie The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished...	Take-Majin (voice)	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2008	Movie Achilles and the Tortoise Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always...	Machisu	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me Captures the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusamas creative process as she diligently works to complete her series of 50 large monochrome...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2007	TV Dots and Lines Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.	Jutaro Torikai	Not rated
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Glory to the Filmmaker! Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres...	Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2005	Movie Takeshis' Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike...	Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2004	Movie The Golden Cups: One More Time A music documentary that traced the trajectory of the authentic real power band "The Golden Cups" born from Yokohama /...	Himself	Not rated
2004	Movie Blood and Bones In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he...	Joon-pyong Kim	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2004	Movie Izo Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's...	Chancellor	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2004	Movie Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see him attend film festivals, personal influences and of course the...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2004	Movie Arakimentari A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	Movie Zatoichi Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he...	Zatoichi / Ichi	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II Prolific director Kinji Fukasaku died suddenly during the production of Battle Royale 2. His son and screenwriter Kenta took over...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Battle Royale II: Requiem It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined...	Kitano	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2003	TV MXC Footage from the popular game show, Takeshi's Castle has been re-edited, re-written and re-voiced into a hilarious, intentionally over-produced, modern...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	TV Musashi Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara,...	Munisai Shinmen	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2002	TV Takeshi's Castle Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	Movie Kichiku Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel...	Unknown character	Not rated
2002	Movie Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso At the end of World War II, a secret human experiment was being conducted in Manchuria, which was in the...	Niju Menso	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2001	Movie Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film follows...	Self	Not rated
2000	Movie The 300 million yen robbery The 300 million yen robbery (San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or incident,was the...	Unknown character	Not rated
2000	Movie Battle Royale In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under...	Kitano	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2000	Movie Brother A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in...	Aniki Yamamoto	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	Movie Making of 'Battle Royale' An abundance of footage from the shooting of Battle Royale and cast and crew discussions.	Self	Not rated
2000	TV The Story of One Century The Story of One Century tells the stories of three women, living in three different Japanese eras: Taisho (1912-1926), Showa...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2000	Movie Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie Taboo Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in...	Toshizo Hijikata	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano Jean-Pierre Limosin follows Takeshi Kitano on the set of Kikujiro, films it during an interview with Shiguehiko Hasumi, president of...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie Kikujiro Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has...	Kikujiro	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon This is a video version of the ghost photo feature that caused a sensation on the popular variety show "Kiseki...	Unknown character	Not rated
1999	Movie Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable This is a video version of "The Great Prophecy of Nostradamus" aired on Fuji Television Network's "Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō" aired...	Unknown character	Not rated
1999	Movie Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro) Documents the events surrounding the making of 'Kikujiro no natsu'.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie Zankyo The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan.	Unknown character	Not rated
1998	TV 加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!	Unknown character	Not rated
1998	Movie Tokyo Eyes The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's...	Yakusa	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1997	Movie Fireworks Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his...	Yoshitaka Nishi	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie Hana-bi (1997) – Behind-the-scenes Footage	Self - Himself	Not rated
1996	Movie Making-of Kids Return Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.	Himself	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie Gonin Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as...	Ichiro Kyoya	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	Movie Johnny Mnemonic In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data...	Takahashi	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	Movie Getting Any? While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up...	Scientist	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1993	Movie Many Happy Returns A young man named Kazuo Takayama runs across a religious group whose founder cures an old woman in a wheelchair,...	Daisuke Shiba	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	Movie Sonatine Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few...	Aniki Murakawa	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1993	TV Today's Close-Up A current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important...	出演	Not rated
1992	Movie Erotic Liaisons A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along...	Okuyama	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1992	Movie Dioxin from Fish! A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.	Azuma	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1992	TV 北野ファンクラブ	Unknown character	Not rated
1992	TV Kitano fan kurabu Takeshi Kitano Variety Show	Self	Not rated
1992	Movie A Legend of Turmoil A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to...	Kiichirou Yashiro	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie Shoko Asahara with Takeshi Sect leader of Aum Shinrikyo, known as Shoko Asahara, and Takeshi Kitano meet in an interview.	Self	Not rated
1991	Movie Kim's War After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising...	Kim Hyi-ro	Not rated
1990	Movie KILL THEM ALL	Unknown character	Not rated
1990	Movie Boiling Point Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get...	Uehara	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1990	Movie Hoshi wo tsugu mono An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.	Yama no hito	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls The first installment of this thrilling period drama special starring Matsukata Hiroki. Jubei fights to the death to protect the...	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	Movie Violent Cop A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.	Azuma Ryosuke	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	TV Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	Movie The Boss' Wife The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After...	Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1986	Movie 雨の降る駅	演员	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	TV Takeshi's Castle Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It features...	Count Takeshi	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1986	Movie No More Comics! Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam,...	Police	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1985	Movie Jesus' Ark One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".	Takeyoshi Sengoku	Not rated
1985	Movie Demon Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life...	Yajima	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1985	Movie Joke with a Sorrowful Heart This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered...	Hiroshi Igarashi	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1985	Movie Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto Documentary about the eclectic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording sessions for his 1984 album "Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia".	Hara (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1983	Movie The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several...	Kiyoshi Ôkubo	Not rated
1983	Movie The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and...	Man at Racetrack	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1983	Movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by...	Hara	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1982	Movie Summer Secrets Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.	Ramen shop owner	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1981	Movie Completely... With That Air! This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1981	Movie Manon A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are...	Shinobu	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1981	Movie The Dump Truck Rascal Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1980	Movie Makoto-chan A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1969	Movie Go, Go Second Time Virgin Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant...	Gang Member	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1962	TV Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	TV Kodai bunmei Misuterī Takeshi no shin sekai nana fushigi dai hyakka Ancient Civilization Mystery Takeshi's New World Seven Wonders Encyclopedia	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden Since his childhood, Takahiro Ashiya is gifted with a very strong sixth sense, allowing him to have flash precognition, and...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Broken Rage A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie Broken Rage A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie Broken Rage A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Novel Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Analog Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to...	Novel Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie Asakusa Kid Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his...	Novel Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Outrage Coda Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Outrage Coda Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Outrage Coda Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day,...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day,...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Morning A pensioner takes a walk in the park.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	Movie Morning A pensioner takes a walk in the park.	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie Kids Return: The Reunion Set 10 years after "Kids Return." Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives....	Original Story Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2013	TV Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Long ago, all humans lived beneath the sea. However, some people preferred the surface and abandoned living underwater permanently. As...	Assistant Editor Editing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	Movie Beyond Outrage As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Beyond Outrage As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Beyond Outrage As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Outrage When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Outrage When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Outrage When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1 Various attacking forces unique to Takeshi's Castle were organized, aiming for "Defeat! Takeshi's Castle" There were many battles. This set...	Director Directing	Not rated
2008	Movie Achilles and the Tortoise Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Achilles and the Tortoise Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Achilles and the Tortoise Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Glory to the Filmmaker! Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie Glory to the Filmmaker! Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie Glory to the Filmmaker! Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2005	Movie Takeshis' Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie Takeshis' Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie Takeshis' Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	Movie Zatoichi Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Zatoichi Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Zatoichi Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2002	TV Takeshi's Castle Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	Movie Dolls Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Dolls Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Dolls Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Asakusa Kid After dropping out of college, "Takeshi" jumps into the Asakusa France Theater and begins his training as a comedian. His...	Original Story Writing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie Brother A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	Movie Brother A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	Movie Brother A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1999	Movie Kikujiro Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Kikujiro Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Kikujiro Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	Movie Fireworks Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie Fireworks Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie Fireworks Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie Hana-bi (1997) – Behind-the-scenes Footage	Director Directing	Not rated
1996	Movie Kids Return Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie Kids Return Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie Kids Return Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1995	Movie Getting Any? While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Getting Any? While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up...	Editor Editing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Getting Any? While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1993	Movie Many Happy Returns A young man named Kazuo Takayama runs across a religious group whose founder cures an old woman in a wheelchair,...	Novel Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	Movie Sonatine Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1993	Movie Sonatine Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1993	Movie Sonatine Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie A Scene at the Sea A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie A Scene at the Sea A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie A Scene at the Sea A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Boiling Point Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1990	Movie Boiling Point Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1989	Movie Violent Cop A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	Movie Violent Cop A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
TBA	Movie One Fine Day	Director Directing	Not rated

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