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Tag Archives: Takeshi Kitano
Getting Any? AKA Minnâ-yatteruka! (1994) Takeshi Kitano, Duncan, Akiji Kobayashi, Tetsuya Yûki
Obsessed with the idea of owning his first car so he can have sex in it Read More »
Beyond Outrage AKA Autoreiji: Biyondo (2012) Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime Read More »
The Outrage AKA Autoreiji (2010) Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang Read More »
Kanashii kibun de joke (1985) Masaharu Segawa, Takeshi Kitano, Kie Nakai, Naoko Ôtani
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian Read More »
Brother (2000) Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Fireworks AKA Hana-bi (1997) Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Nishi, a police detective, has had to deal with a series of emotionally devastating events over the recent past. Read More »
Boiling Point AKA 3-4 x jûgatsu (1990) Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida
Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. Read More »
No More Comics AKA Komikku zasshi nanka iranai! (1986) Yôjirô Takita, Yûya Uchida, Yumi Asô, Takeshi Kitano
Kinameri is a moderately successful television journalist itching for a big scoop. Read More »
While the Women Are Sleeping (2016) Wayne Wang, Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Sayuri Oyamada
Seduction, betrayal, murder, insomnia and apparitions are the elements at play in Wayne Wang’s tense and masterful version Read More »
Gohatto / Taboo (1999) Nagisa Ôshima, Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Drama, History, Thriller
Kizzu ritân / Kids Return (1996) Takeshi Kitano, Ken Kaneko, Masanobu Andô, Leo Morimoto, Crime, Drama, Sport
Two buddies visit the schoolyard of the high school they used to attend, and remember their young and dumb days. They used to be the bullies in the school, until they find their own ways of life; one as a boxer, and the other as a member of the yakuza.
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Violent Cop / Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1989) Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague, Iwaki, is supplying drugs from within the police force. After Iwaki is murdered and Azuma’s sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice.
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