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Takeshis'

Name: Takeshis'
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2005
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.

2005 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 108 min · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · 8 frames

Tagline

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

Crew

Written by: Takeshi Kitano
Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
Edited by: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota
Music: Nagi
Production design: Norihiro Isoda
Produced by: Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida

Cast

Takeshi Kitano as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
Kotomi Kyono as Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor
Kayoko Kishimoto as Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer
Ren Osugi as Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
Susumu Terajima as Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
Tetsu Watanabe as TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
Akihiro Miwa as Self
Naomasa Musaka as Film Studios Tattooist
Koichi Ueda as Film Crew Member close to the Director
Kanji Tsuda as Film Director

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: dentsu Music and Entertainment, TV Asahi, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual
Themes: hallucination, surreal, surrealism, celebrity, self-referential, doppelgänger, semi autobiographical, metafiction, meta

More by Takeshi Kitano

Broken Rage — 2024
Violent Cop — 1989
A Scene at the Sea — 1991
Kids Return — 1996
Brother — 2000
Kikujiro — 1999
Outrage Coda — 2017
Outrage — 2010
Fireworks — 1997
Sonatine — 1993
Dolls — 2002

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