Takeshi Kitano
Birthday
1947/01/18 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Такэси Китано, Beat Takeshi, Такеши Китано, 기타노 타케시, 비트 타케시, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, บีท ทาเกชิ
Biography
Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known in Japan as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi), is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Two Beat, before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After sever...Read more
Acting
(2003) Zatoichi
as Zatoichi / Ichi
(2000) Brother
as Aniki Yamamoto
(2003) Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Kitano
(2000) Battle Royale
as Kitano
(1999) Kikujiro
as Kikujiro
(2005) Takeshis'
as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
(1999) Taboo
as Toshizo Hijikata
(2004) Blood and Bones
as Joon-pyong Kim
(2007) Glory to the Filmmaker!
as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
(1993) Sonatine
as Aniki Murakawa
(1983) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Hara
(2008) Achilles and the Tortoise
as Machisu
(1990) Boiling Point
as Uehara
(1989) Violent Cop
as Azuma Ryosuke
(1995) Gonin
as Ichiro Kyoya
(1995) Johnny Mnemonic
as Takahashi
(2010) Outrage
as Otomo
In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden
as ---
(2023) Kubi
as Hashiba Hideyoshi
(1995) Getting Any?
as Scientist
(1998) Tokyo Eyes
as Yakusa
(2014) Morning
as ---
(1986) No More Comics!
as Police
(1985) Jesus' Ark
as Takeyoshi Sengoku
(2004) Arakimentari
as Self
(1983) The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
as Kiyoshi Ôkubo
(2012) Beyond Outrage
as Otomo
(1983) The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
as Man at Racetrack
(2012) Dearest
as Teruo Sugino
(1985) Demon
as Yajima
(2016) Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
as ---
(2001) Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
(2003) The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self
(2010) Kikoku
as Private First Class Oomiya
(2004) Izo
as Chancellor
(1999) Zankyo
as ---
(1992) Erotic Liaisons
as Okuyama
(2000) The 300 million yen robbery
as ---
(1999) Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable
as ---
(1999) Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon
as ---
(1990) Hoshi wo tsugu mono
as Yama no hito
(2015) Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
as Detective Murakami
(2017) Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
as Rokuro Fujisawa
(2015) Mozu The Movie
as Daruma
(1988) The Boss' Wife
as Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman
(2015) Aka Medaka
as Tatekawa Danshi
(2013) Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself
(2016) While the Women Are Sleeping
as Sahara
(1999) Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro)
as ---
(2017) Ghost in the Shell
as Chief Daisuke Aramaki
(2008) The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
as Take-Majin (voice)
(2017) Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
as self
(1993) Many Happy Returns
as Daisuke Shiba
(1992) A Legend of Turmoil
as Kiichirou Yashiro
(2024) Broken Rage
as Nezumi
(1999) The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano
as Self
(2017) Outrage Coda
as Otomo
(1981) The Dump Truck Rascal
as ---
(1981) Completely... With That Air!
as ---
(1985) Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
as Hiroshi Igarashi
(1980) Makoto-chan
as ---
(1981) Manon
as Shinobu
(1992) Dioxin from Fish!
as ---
(1991) Kim's War
as Kim Hyi-ro
(2002) Kichiku
as ---
(2017) Prison Break
as Urata
(2008) What the War Meant
as Hideki Tojo
(2016) A Living Promise
as Detective Koichiro Iwase
(1969) Go, Go Second Time Virgin
as Gang Member
(2013) Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2012) A Special Day
as Self
(2004) The Golden Cups: One More Time
as Himself
(2007) To Each His Own Cinema
as The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")
(2014) The 8th Floor
as Self
(2004) Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
(1996) Making-of Kids Return
as Himself
(2002) Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
as Niju Menso
(2000) Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
(2014) In Between Mountains and Oceans
as Himself
(1991) Shoko Asahara with Takeshi
as ---
(1990) KILL THEM ALL
as ---
(1985) Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Hara (archive footage)
(1997) Fireworks
as Yoshitaka Nishi
(2020) Citizen Kitano
as Self
(2007) Dots and Lines
as Jutaro Torikai
(2009) Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
as ---
(2000) Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as ---
(1982) Summer Secrets
as ---
(2003) MXC
as ---
(2002) Takeshi's Castle
as ---
(1992) 北野ファンクラブ
as ---
(1992) Kitano fan kurabu
as Self
(2003) Musashi
as Munisai Shinmen
(2023) Takeshi's Castle Japan
as ---
(1989) Beat Takeshi Presents TV Tackle
as ---
(2020) たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
as ---
(1998) 加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!
as ---
Kodai bunmei Misuterī Takeshi no shin sekai nana fushigi dai hyakka
as ---
(1962) Golden Horse Awards
as Self
(2015) たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史
as ---
(1993) Today's Close-Up
as 出演
(2000) The Story of One Century
as ---
(2012) Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
as 黑须贯太郎
(2019) Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 古今亭志生
(2014) オモクリ監督～O－Creator's TV Show～
as ---
(2012) 日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ
as ---
(1986) Takeshi's Castle
as Count Takeshi
(2018) Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
as Storyteller