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Citizen Kitano

as Self

2020
Ghost in the Shell

as Chief Daisuke Aramaki

2017
Beyond Outrage

as Otomo

2014
Outrage

as Otomo

2011
Miwa: A Japanese Icon

as Himself

2013
Glory to the Filmmaker!

as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer

2007
Takeshis'

as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

2005
Izo

as Chancellor

2004
Arakimentari

as Self

2004
MXC

as

2003
Brother

as Aniki Yamamoto

2001
Battle Royale

as Kitano

2000
Taboo

as Toshizo Hijikata

1999
Fireworks

as Yoshitaka Nishi

1998
Johnny Mnemonic

as Takahashi

1995
Sonatine

as Aniki Murakawa

1998
Boiling Point

as Uehara

1990
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Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano

Birthday

1947-01-18

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Takeshi Kitano (born January 18, 1947) is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, tap dancer, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa once dubbed him "the true successor" to influential filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the name Beat Takeshi. Since April 2005, he has been a professor at the Graduate School of Visual Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Kitano owns his own talent agency and production company, Office Kitano, which launched Tokyo Filmex in 2000. Some of Kitano's earlier films are dramas about Yakuza gangsters or the police. Described by critics as using an acting style that is highly deadpan or a camera style that approaches near-stasis, Kitano often uses long takes where nothing appears to be happening, or editing that cuts immediately to the aftermath of an event. Many of his films express a bleak or nihilistic philosophy, but they are also filled with a great deal of humor and affection for their characters. Kitano's films leave paradoxical impressions and can seem controversial. While formally disguised as dark comedies or gangster movies, his films raise moral questions and provide food for thought. The Japanese public knows him primarily as a TV host and comedian, and he is well remembered for the leading role of the comedy show Oretachi Hyōkin-zoku (1981–1989) and for the game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1989). His portrayal of Zatōichi in the 2003 movie is his biggest domestic commercial success. He hosts a weekly television program called Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle, a kind of panel discussion among entertainers and politicians regarding controversial current events. In 2010 the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris held a one-man show displaying his paintings and installations. A room in the basement played a 12-hour loop of his work as a TV host.
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