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).
as Self (archive footage)
as Nezumi
as Hashiba Hideyoshi
as Self
as 古今亭志生(47 eps)
as Self
as Storyteller(2 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Otomo
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as Urata
as Aramaki
as Sahara
as Detective Koichiro Iwase
as Tatekawa Danshi
as Daruma
as Detective Murakami
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as Otomo
as Teruo Sugino
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as Private First Class Oomiya
as Otomo
as Hideki Tojo
as Take-Majin (voice)
as Machisu
as Jutaro Torikai(2 eps)
as The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")
as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
as Projectionist
as Himself
as Joon-pyong Kim
as Chancellor
as Self
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as Zatoichi / Ichi
as Kitano
as Munisai Shinmen(49 eps)
as Niju Menso
as Kitano
as Self
as Aniki Yamamoto
as Toshizo Hijikata
as Kikujiro
as Yakusa
as Yoshitaka Nishi
as Self - Himself
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as Ichiro Kyoya
as Takahashi
as Scientist
as Daisuke Shiba
as Aniki Murakawa
as Lui-même
as 出演(1 ep)
as Okuyama
as Azuma
as Self(1 ep)
as Kiichirou Yashiro
as Self
as Kim Hyi-ro
as Uehara
as Yama no hito
as Azuma Ryosuke
as Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
as 演员
as Count Takeshi(133 eps)
as Yakuza
as Takeyoshi Sengoku
as Yajima
as Hiroshi Igarashi
as Hara (archive footage)
as Kiyoshi Ôkubo
as Man at Racetrack
as Ramen shop owner
as Shinobu
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