Takeshi Kitano [3317] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.8461 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 Creat2018-09-07 Plankton Salesme2017-10-29 Outrage Coda2017-10-07 Ghost in the She2017-07-25 Prison Break2017-04-12 Ghost in the She2017-03-29 Doctor X: Gekai 2016-07-03 While the Women 2016-02-27 A Living Promise2016-01-09 Aka Medaka2015-12-28 Mozu The Movie2015-11-07 Ryuzo and the Se2015-04-25 Morning2014-09-01 The 8th Floor2014-05-10 In Between Mount2014-04-11 Seicho Matsumoto2014-01-19 Trespassing Berg2013-08-28 Beyond Outrage2012-09-03 Dearest2012-08-25 A Special Day2012-05-16 Kikoku2010-08-12 Miwa: A Japanese2013-08-31 Outrage2010-05-17 What the War Mea2008-12-24 The Monster X St2008-10-26 Achilles and the2008-09-20 Dots and Lines2007-11-24 Glory to the Fil2007-06-02 To Each His Own 2007-10-31 Takeshis'2005-09-02 The Golden Cups:2004-11-20 Blood and Bones2004-11-06 Izo2004-09-07 Electric Yakuza,2004-02-22 Arakimentari2004-01-18 Zatoichi2003-09-06 The Final Battle2003-07-10 Battle Royale II2003-07-05 Kichiku2002-10-15 Kogoro Akechi vs2002-08-27 Shooting Film is2001-01-13 The 300 million 2000-12-30 Battle Royale2000-12-16 Making of 'Battl2000-12-01 Brother2000-12-13 Scenes by the Se2000-05-05 Taboo1999-12-18 Kikujiro1999-06-05 Kiseki Taiken! A1999-05-19 Kiseki Taiken! A1999-04-21 The Unpredictabl1999-03-05 Jam Session (The1999-02-28 Zankyo1999-02-13 Tokyo Eyes1998-09-09 Fireworks1997-10-30 Making-of Kids R1996-12-31 Gonin1995-09-23 Johnny Mnemonic1995-05-26 Getting Any?1995-02-11 Many Happy Retur1993-11-20 Sonatine1993-09-10 Erotic Liaisons1992-10-17 Dioxin from Fish1992-02-22 A Legend of Turm1992-01-15 Shoko Asahara wi1991-12-30 Kim's War1991-04-05 KILL THEM ALL1990-11-23 Boiling Point1990-09-15 Hoshi wo tsugu m1990-02-03 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 Sorr1985-04-26 Tokyo Melody: A 1985-04-09 The Crimes of Ki1983-08-29 The Mosquito on 1983-07-02 Merry Christmas,1983-05-28 School in the Cr1982-10-11 Summer Secrets1982-09-18 Completely... Wi1981-12-20 Manon1981-09-26 The Dump Truck R1981-04-29 Makoto-chan1980-07-26 Go, Go Second Ti1969-01-01 In Your Blood: H