Takeshi Kitano

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Blood And Bones
Japan
2004
Yoichi Sai (Director) Takeshi Kitano
Goes nowhere... very slowly (Monday, July 10, 2006)
Zatoichi
Japan
2003
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Tadanobu Asano Michiyo Ookusu Guadalcanal Taka Daigoro Tachibana Yuuko Daike Yui Natsukawa Ittoku Kishibe Saburo Ishikura Akira Emoto Makoto Ashikawa Kan Shimosawa (Writer) Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer)
Battle Royale
Japan
2000
Kinji Fukasaku (Director) Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Takeshi Kitano Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama Masanobu Ando Takashi Tsukamoto Koushun Takami (Writer) Kenta Fukasaku (Writer)
One of the best and most important films ever made (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)
Kikujiro
Japan
1999
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Yusuke Sekiguchi Kayoko Kishimoto Yûko Daike Kazuko Yoshiyuki Beat Kiyoshi Akaji Maro Yoji Tanaka Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer) Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
Delightful little road movie (Monday, January 28, 2002)
Gohatto
Japan
1999
Nagisa Ôshima (Director) Takeshi Kitano Ryuhei Matsuda Shinji Takeda Tadanobu Asano Yôichi Sai Tomoro Taguchi Chikako Aoyama Ryûichi Sakamoto (Soundtrack)
Hana-Bi
Japan
1997
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Kanji Tsuda Makoto Ashikawa Tetsu Watanabe Susumu Terajima Ren Osugi Kayoko Kishimoto Hakuryû Yasuei Yakushiji Tarô Itsumi Ken'ichi Yajima Yûrei Yanagi Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer) Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
Close to cinematic perfection (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)
Gonin
Japan
1995
Takashi Ishii (Director, Writer) Takeshi Kitano Koichi Sato Masahiro Motoki Jinpachi Nezu Kippei Shiina Naoto Takenaka Kazuya Kimura Chiaki Kuriyama
Really really violent (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)
Getting Any?
Japan
1994
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Office Kitano (Production Company) Dankan Moeko Ezawa Hakuryu Hideo Higashikokubaru Akiji Kobayashi Gadarukanaru Taka Tokie Hidari Ren Osugi Susumu Terajima Makoto Ashikawa Kanji Tsuda Akira Kubo Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer) Senji Horiuchi (Soundtrack) Hidehiko Koike (Soundtrack)
Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master (Saturday, April 19, 2003)
Sonatine
Japan
1993
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Aya Kokumai Tetsu Watanabe Masanobu Katsumura Susumu Terajima Ren Osugi Tonbo Zushi Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film (Sunday, December 15, 2013)
A Scene At The Sea
Japan
1991
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Writer) Claude Maki Hiroko Ôshima Toshizo Fujiwara Susumu Terajima Tetsu Watanabe Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
A quieter, more contemplative Kitano film (Sunday, January 17, 2021)

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