Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947) is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa once dubbed him "the true successor" to influential filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. W... More

Date of birth:

  • Jan 18, 1947 (age 65 years)

Place of birth:

Also known as:

  • Beat Takeshi,
  • Bito Takeshi,
  • 'Bîto' Takeshi,
  • Bîto Takeshi,
  • 'Beat' Takeshi,
  • Takeshi,
  • Take-chan,
  • "Beat" Takeshi
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Film

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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award Nominated work Notes/Description
  • 1999
  • Country: Japan
  • 1998
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Nominees

Awards Won:

Year Award Winning work
  • 1997

Golden Lion Winners

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TV Actor

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