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 t...
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Zatoichi
As Zatoichi / Ichi
Brother
As Aniki Yamamoto
Battle Royale
As Kitano
Battle Royale II: Requiem
As Kitano
Kikujiro
As Kikujiro
Takeshis'
As Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
Taboo
As Toshizo Hijikata
Blood and Bones
As Joon-pyong Kim
Glory to the Filmmaker!
As Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
Sonatine
As Aniki Murakawa
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
As Hara
Achilles and the Tortoise
As Machisu
Boiling Point
As Uehara
Violent Cop
As Azuma Ryosuke
Gonin
As Ichiro Kyoya
Johnny Mnemonic
As Takahashi
Outrage
As Otomo
In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden
Kubi
As Hashiba Hideyoshi
Getting Any?
As Scientist
Tokyo Eyes
As Yakusa
Morning
No More Comics!
As Police
Bergmans video
As Self
Jesus' Ark
As Takeyoshi Sengoku
Arakimentari
As Self
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
As Kiyoshi Ôkubo
Beyond Outrage
As Otomo
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
As Man at Racetrack
Dearest
As Teruo Sugino
Demon
As Yajima
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
As Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
As Self
Kikoku
As Private First Class Oomiya
Izo
As Chancellor
Zankyo
Erotic Liaisons
As Okuyama
The 300 million yen robbery
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon
Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
As Yama no hito
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
As Detective Murakami
Plankton Salesmen
As Self (archive footage)
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
As Rokuro Fujisawa
Mozu The Movie
As Daruma
The Boss' Wife
As Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
Aka Medaka
As Tatekawa Danshi
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
As Himself
While the Women Are Sleeping
Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro)
Ghost in the Shell
As Chief Daisuke Aramaki
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
As Take-Majin (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
As self
Many Happy Returns
As Daisuke Shiba
A Legend of Turmoil
As Kiichirou Yashiro
Broken Rage
As Nezumi
The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano
As Self
Outrage Coda
As Otomo
Makoto-chan
The Dump Truck Rascal
Manon
As Shinobu
Completely... With That Air!
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
As Hiroshi Igarashi
Kim's War
As Kim Hyi-ro
Dioxin from Fish!
Kichiku
Prison Break
As Urata
What the War Meant
As Hideki Tojo
A Living Promise
As Detective Koichiro Iwase
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
As Gang Member
Trespassing Bergman
As Self
A Special Day
As Self
The Golden Cups: One More Time
As Himself
To Each His Own Cinema
As The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")
The 8th Floor
As Self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
As Self
Making-of Kids Return
As Himself
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
As Niju Menso
Making of 'Battle Royale'
As Self
In Between Mountains and Oceans
As Himself
Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
KILL THEM ALL
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
As Hara (archive footage)
Fireworks
As Yoshitaka Nishi
Citizen Kitano
As Self
Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
Dots and Lines
As Jutaro Torikai
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Summer Secrets
MXC
Takeshi's Castle
北野ファンクラブ
Kitano fan kurabu
As Self
Musashi
As Munisai Shinmen
Takeshi's Castle Japan
Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle
たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!
Kodai bunmei Misuterī Takeshi no shin sekai nana fushigi dai hyakka
Golden Horse Awards
As Self
たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史
Today's Close-Up
As 出演
The Story of One Century
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
As 黑须贯太郎
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
As 古今亭志生
オモクリ監督～O－Creator's TV Show～
日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ
Takeshi's Castle
As Count Takeshi
Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
As Storyteller