Biography
Takeshi Kitano
Directing
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…
Career works
113
Movies
93
Series
20
Career average
7.0/10
Birth date
01/18/1947
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography highlights
Movies
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
2025 · 6.0
Broken Rage
2024 · 6.7
Kubi
2023 · 6.9
Citizen Kitano
2020 · 7.4
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · 7.5
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Outrage Coda
2017 · 6.8
Prison Break
2017 · 5.8
Ghost in the Shell
2017 · 6.1
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016 · 6.0
While the Women Are Sleeping
2016 · 5.4
A Living Promise
2016
Aka Medaka
2015 · 7.8
Mozu The Movie
2015 · 6.9
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
2015 · 6.2
Series
Takeshi's Castle Japan
2023 · 6.3
たけしのその時カメラは回っていた
2020
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019 · 7.8
Kiseki taiken! Unbelievable
2018
たけしのこれがホントのニッポン芸能史
2015
オモクリ監督～O－Creator's TV Show～
2014
日曜ゴールデンで何やってんだテレビ
2012
Dots and Lines
2007
MXC
2003 · 7.0
Musashi
2003 · 8.4
Takeshi's Castle
2002 · 7.8
The Story of One Century
2000 · 9.0
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加ト・けん・たけしの世紀末スペシャル!!
1998
Today's Close-Up
1993
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北野ファンクラブ
1992