Takeshi Kitano
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-01-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known As
Такэси Китано
Beat Takeshi
Такеши Китано
기타노 타케시
비트 타케시
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano
บีท ทาเกชิ
تاکشی کیتانو
Takeshi Kitano
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...
Acting
2003
as Zatoichi / Ichi
2000
as Aniki Yamamoto
2003
as Kitano
2000
as Kitano
1999
as Kikujiro
2005
as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
1999
as Toshizo Hijikata
2004
as Joon-pyong Kim
2007
as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
1993
as Aniki Murakawa
1983
2008
as Machisu
1990
as Uehara
1989
as Azuma Ryosuke
1995
as Ichiro Kyoya
1995
as Takahashi
2010
as Otomo
2023
as Hashiba Hideyoshi
1995
as Scientist
1998
as Yakusa
2014
1986
as Police
1985
as Takeyoshi Sengoku
2004
as Self
1983
as Kiyoshi Ôkubo
2012
as Otomo
1983
as Man at Racetrack
2012
as Teruo Sugino
1985
as Yajima
2010
as Private First Class Oomiya
2004
as Chancellor
1999
1992
as Okuyama
1990
as Yama no hito
2015
as Detective Murakami
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Rokuro Fujisawa
2015
as Daruma
1988
as Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
2015
as Tatekawa Danshi
2013
as Himself
2016
as Sahara
2017
as Aramaki
2008
as Take-Majin (voice)
1993
as Daisuke Shiba
1992
as Kiichirou Yashiro
2024
as Nezumi
1999
2017
as Otomo
1985
as Hiroshi Igarashi
1980
1981
as Shinobu
1992
as Azuma
1991
as Kim Hyi-ro
2002
2017
as Urata
2008
as Hideki Tojo
2016
as Detective Koichiro Iwase
1969
as Gang Member
2013
as Self
2012
as Self
2004
as Himself
2007
as The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")
2014
as Self
2004
as Self
1996
as Himself
2002
as Niju Menso
2000
as Self
2014
as Himself
1991
as Self
1990
1985
as Hara (archive footage)
1997
as Yoshitaka Nishi
2020
as Self
2007
as Jutaro Torikai
1982
as Ramen shop owner
2018
as Self
2007
Production
2003
as Editor
2003
as Screenplay
2003
as Director
2000
as Editor
2000
as Director
2002
as Editor
2002
as Director
2002
as Screenplay
1999
as Screenplay
1999
as Editor
1999
as Director
2007
as Director
2007
as Writer
2005
as Director
1997
as Editor
1991
as Director
1993
as Director
2008
as Director
1990
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1996
as Director
1996
as Editor
1996
as Writer
1989
as Director
2007
as Director
2010
as Screenplay
2010
as Director
1995
as Director
1995
as Writer
1995
as Editor
2012
as Director
2007
as Screenplay
2015
as Director
2015
as Writer
2015
as Editor
1993
as Editor
2009
as Director
2002
as Original Story
2014
as Screenplay
2014
as Director
1993
as Novel
1997
as Director
2012
as Writer
2005
as Editor
2005
as Writer
2013
as Original Story
2023
as Novel
2017
as Director
2017
as Editor
2012
as Editor
2010
as Editor
2008
as Editor
2008
as Screenplay
2007
as Editor
1991
as Editor
1997
as Screenplay
2023
as Editor
2024
as Writer
2024
as Director
2023
as Screenplay
2000
as Writer
1991
as Screenplay
2024
as Editor
2007
as Producer
2007
as Editor
1989
as Writer
1993
as Screenplay
2017
as Screenplay
2021
as Novel
2023
as Director
2023
as Novel
2007
as Director
2007
as Screenplay
2007
as Editor
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