Broken Rage's head-scratcher of a gimmick is that the same short story - about an ageing hitman (Kitano) trying to earn his ...

Nor does it try to, not that the director particularly cares, and neither should any of us, because the film that Takeshi Kitano actually ... The magic of the movies, the director is saying.

Watch on Tubi By 1994, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano had directed some fairly ... Itâ s a cross between a sex comedy and a parody movie of all sorts of genres popular in Japanese cinema.

For many they were baseball players, but for filmmaker Takeshi Kitano it ... or produced is a sense of comedy. As a one-time stand-up comic it's something that Kitano has a close connection ...

Jean-Pierre Limosin follows Takeshi Kitano on the set of Kikujiro, films it during an interview with Shiguehiko Hasumi, president of the University of Tokyo and who, as a great film buff ...

The protagonist of this story is hitman Nezumi, played by the director Kitano Takeshi. He is known for ... this is the shortest of Kitano’s movies, and its key feature is how the first and ...

Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says ... in his gangster movies like “Outrage.” “Kubi,” which refers to traditional beheadings, has ample violence. Violence and comedy are an ...

A man wielding a pickax attacked a car carrying acclaimed comedian and film director Takeshi Kitano in Tokyo late Sept. 4, shattering the vehicle's windows. But Kitano and his driver were unharmed ...