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TALK Takeshi Kitano
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Kitano,+Takeshi
Date of birth (location)
18 January 1947
Tokyo, Japan
Mini biography
Kitano started studying to become an engineer, but was kicked out off school... (show more)
Sometimes Credited As:
'Beat' Takeshi
Beat Takeshi
Takeshi
So who is Takeshi Kitano to you?
Do you like his movies?
What is your favorite movie that he directed?
Yo don't know him?
then check his credits here
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Kitano,+Takeshi
maybe Johnny Mnemonic is his most mainstream role or movie..
i like
Brother (2000)
and
Batoru rowaiairu (2000) Battle Royale
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"Beat" Takeshi Kitano is widely considered to be Japan's foremost media personality. In addition to his work in the film industry he is an active newspaper columnist, an author and poet, and a ubiquitous presence on Japanese television where he can be seen in up to eight prime time shows per week.
Kitano first found fame, as well as his "Beat" nickname, in the early '70s as one-half of the manzai comedy duo The Two Beats, a fast-paced, cross-talk act that thrilled audiences with their off-color humor and satirical bite. Throughout the early '80s, Kitano acted in a number of films, most memorably in Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). He portrayed Sgt. Hara, the jailer of a concentration camp, with a mixture of brutality and pathos, a characterization he would repeat in his later self-directed efforts.
In 1989 Kitano added another facet to his career -- serious film director. He was set to star in a police thriller that was to be directed by gangster film veteran Kinji Fukasaku. When Fukasaku had to leave the film, the film's producers offered Kitano the directing chores. He reworked the script and the result was Violent Cop, a deliriously violent masterpiece that brought him recognition in the international film community. With this film Kitano would introduce his lean directorial style, punctuated by long takes, minimal dialogue, and stark compositions. He would also develop what has become the archetype Kitano persona, the taciturn but oddly likable antihero who is just as likely to speak with his fists as with his voice. This uneasy mix of playful comedy and savage violence would become a trademark in his later crime epics, Boiling Point (1990), Sonatine (1993), and Hana-bi ( winner of the 1997 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion).
Kitano isn't only known for his crime films. In between, he's found the time to make a light drama about a deaf-mute garbage collector who learns to surf (Scene By the Sea [1991]), a slapstick comedy that mercilessly satirizes Japanese culture (Getting Any? [1995]), and a coming-of-age tale about two high school dropouts (Kids Return [1996]).
Kitano's directing career almost ended on August 2, 1994, when he was involved in a near-fatal motorbike accident. Suffering multiple head injuries, he was hospitalized for nearly six weeks and had to endure further months of physical therapy. During his recovery period Kitano played a small role in Takashi Ishii's Gonin (1995), where his hitman character sports a patch over his right eye, a real-life remnant of his brush with death.
Though international release of his previous films found positive critical notice but lukewarm response from mainstream American audiences, the year 2000 found Kitano on the verge of Hollywood success with the release of Brother, Kitano's first international co-production teaming the Japanese auteur with an English speaking cast. The tale of an exiled Japanese yakuza who stakes his claim in the unfamiliar world of Los Angeles, Brother attempted to bring Kitano's trademarked stark violence and subtle humor to a new audience in pairing Kitano with popular American actor Omar Epps. ~ Todd Bowman, All Movie GuideLast edited by carl; 05-03-2003 at 12:26 PM.
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05-03-2003, 11:50 AM #4
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Kitano didn't direct Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku did.
He also directed Battle Royale II until he died and his son Kenta Fukasaku took over.
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Originally posted by Jack Stoney
Kitano didn't direct Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku did.
He also directed Battle Royale II until he died and his son Kenta Fukasaku took over.
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Re: TALK Takeshi Kitano
So who is Takeshi Kitano to you?
Sadly not much... heard a lot about his film, but Brother's the only one I've seen so far.
Do you like his movies?
It's not bad.
What is your favorite movie that he directed?
Can't really say consider I've only seen one of his works. But my should-see-before-I-die Beat Takeshi movie-list includes:
Hana-Bi
Violent Cop
Battle Royale
Johnny Mnemonic!!? (He's in THAT too!!?... Actually anyone wanna torture GermanFinne and other hard-core Matrix fans should tie em up on a chair and play this movie to em 1000 times on a row! :big grin: )
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