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Asakusa Kid (2021)

Summary: Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.

Release Date: December 09, 2021

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Gekidan Hitori

Writers: Gekidan Hitori

, Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Django Film, Nikkatsu

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

The Outrage (2010)

Summary: The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.

Release Date: June 12, 2010

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, Omnibus Japan

Distributor: Magnet Releasing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 44,745

International: $ 8,412,996

Akiresu to kame (2008)

Summary: Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

Release Date: September 20, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, TV Asahi, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Tokyo Theatres, WOWOW

Distributor: Tokyo Theatres

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Takeshis' (2005)

Summary: Beat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.

Release Date: November 05, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., DENTSU Music And Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

Summary: The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.

Release Date: September 06, 2003

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writers: Takeshi Kitano

, Kan Shimozawa

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Asahi National Broadcasting Company, Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, TV Asahi, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.

Distributor: Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 1,118,163

International: $ 33,078,759

Dolls (2002)

Summary: Three stories of never-ending love.

Release Date: October 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.

Distributor: Palm Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 4,067

International: $ 5,401,658

Brother (2000)

Summary: A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.

Release Date: December 13, 2000

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

Production: Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Office Kitano, HanWay Films, Film Four, Bac Films

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 450,594

International: $ 14,800,000

Kikujiro (1999)

Summary: A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.

Release Date: May 26, 2000

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Nippon Herald Films, Office Kitano

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 200,920

International: $ 260,339

Fireworks (1997)

Summary: Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Release Date: March 20, 1998

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

Production: Bandai Visual Company, TV Tokyo, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Office Kitano

Distributor: Milestone, Film Movement

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 500,000

Kids Return (1996)

Summary: Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them.

Release Date: July 27, 1996

Genres: Drama, Crime, Sport

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: 13+

Production: Bandai Visual Company, Office Kitano, Ohta Publishing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Getting Any? (1994)

Summary: Obsessed with the idea of owning his first car so he can have sex in it, a young man takes any job he can find and ends up in an escalating series of crazy situations.

Release Date: February 11, 1995

Genre: Comedy

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writer: Takeshi Kitano

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Office Kitano

Distributor: 21st Century DreamQuest Films

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Sonatine (1993)

Summary: Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Release Date: April 10, 1998

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano