Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano, who brought the yakuza gangster genre to a global public, says he could have made his life in the underworld had it not been for his mother. The star of "Violent Cop", "Sonatine" and "Hana-Bi" makes the revelation in a new book, "Kitano by Kitano", written...


AFPMy favorite Takeshi Kitano film. Dolls goes away from the action side of Kitano and brings out a lovely romance in the vein of his earlier film A Scene at the Sea. The film explores three intertwined relationships. Bound by a long red red cord, a young couple wanders in search of something they...


Scene from Brother Takeshi kitano


druha10304Filmmaking masterclass with award-winning Japanese actor/director Takeshi Kitano (北野 武) aka "Beat" Takeshi (ビートたけし). He is the director of such films as Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Sonatine, Hana-bi and Zatoichi.


Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき, Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki?), meaning 'That man, atrociously being attacked' in English) is a 1989 Japanese film directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. It was Kitano's directorial debut, and marked the beginning of his career as a filmmaker.


iitakeiiTwo school-age chums, Shinji and Masaru, spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates, playing pranks, and sneaking to the movies. They decide to drop out and gain their fortunes in the outside world. Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local Yakuza...


That super cute girl Ai Maeda fighting her way through the battle royale song by Guano Apes


This is a video from Wanibooks' July 2008 Gravure Collection, featuring Japanese gravure idol and actress Kitano Kii (aka Kie). She's riding an elephant here, but I don't know what country she's in. (Anyone?) Basically, she's just being adorable and freaking out over riding an elephant, saying...


beachangelsbbsThis is a video from Wanibooks' July 2008 Gravure Collection, featuring Japanese gravure idol and actress Kitano Kii (aka Kie). In this video, she's leading the cameraperson into a small building. She says that if you make a noise inside, there are a lot of bats that respond to you. The...


beachangelsbbsThis is a montage I made using various clips from Takeshi Kitano's "Dolls". The soundtrack is "Swollen" by Bent.


This is a video from Wanibooks' July 2008 Gravure Collection, featuring Japanese gravure idol and actress Kitano Kii (aka Kie). She went abroad for this photoshoot and made a series of small videos. She first says it'll be cool for photography (weather wise!) and is then reminded that she goes...


El duo "The Two Beats" en un sketch del año 1979. Con Beat Takeshi y Beat Kiyoshi.


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