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Year |
Class |
Time |
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After being exiled Tokyo, a yakuza gangster (Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, Fireworks [Hana-Bi], Sonatine) arrives in Los Angeles with a big bag on money and a really bad attitude. He hooks up with his half-brother, the leader of a small-time drug ring...
Brother (2000)
Takeshi Kitano
Claude Maki,Takeshi Kitano,Susumu Terajima,Omar Epps
Drama,Suspense & Thriller,Crime,General Action,General Thriller,General Drama,Action & Adventure
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2000 |
R |
113 min |
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At dawn of the new millenium, Japan is in a state of collapse. Unemployment stands 15% with millions out of work. School violence is out of control and rebellious teenagers stage mass boycotts. The beleaguered government retaliates with Battle Royale.....
Battle Royale (2000)
Kinji Fukasaku
Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Chiaki Kuriyama, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kou Shibasaki, Takeshi Kitano
General Horror,General Adventure,Action Thriller,Suspense & Thriller,Horror,Action & Adventure
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2000 |
R |
114 min |
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Detective Nishi is bitter when he learns that his wife Miyuki is terminally ill and his partner Horibe was shot and now tied to a wheelchair. Horibe wants to become a painter, but doesn't have money for that. To help him and a young police widow whose h...
Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (1997)
Takeshi Kitano
Susumu Terajima, Takeshi Kitano, Yasuei Yakushiji, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Tetsu Watanabe
Drama,Suspense & Thriller,Crime,General Drama,General Thriller,Action & Adventure
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1997 |
M |
103 min |
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In the crucible of war, men can kill without remorse. But the pressures of violence can also foster a bond between enemies - even between captive and jailer - until the lines of their conflict are obscured.So it is for Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrence (T...
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Nagisa Oshima
David Bowie, Jack Thompson, Takeshi Kitano, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Drama,Military & War,Military Drama,General Drama,Action & Adventure
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1983 |
M |
122 min |
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This time, it's war... It's three year after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that le...
Battle Royale 2 - Requiem (2003)
Kenta Fukasaku
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kitano, Sonny Chiba, Shugo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai, Ai Maeda, Haruka Suenaga
General Action,Foreign,Japanese,Action & Adventure
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2003 |
R |
134 min |
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Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano, director of such masterpieces as FIREWORKS and SONATINE, takes on the iconic character of Japan's longest-running and best-loved film series, the blind swordsman Zatoichi. Best known for his gripping yakuza gangster films a...
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookuso
General Comedy,General Drama,Foreign,Japanese,Suspense & Thriller,Crime,Drama,General Action,Comedy,Action & Adventure
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2003 |
MA |
111 min |
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VIOLENT COP is the explosive and critically acclaimed directorial debut from Japanese master film maker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Azuma- a vicious detective who deals out harsh justice with an iron fist- Dirty Harry style. Investigating a d...
Violent Cop (1989)
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa
Comedy,General Action,General Comedy,General Drama,Foreign,Japanese,Crime,Suspense & Thriller,Drama,Action & Adventure
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1989 |
R |
103 min |
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SONATINE is a masterwork from legendary writer, actor and director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Murakawa, a yakuza chief sent to Okinawa to settle a dispute between two factions. Several of his men die is suspicious circumstances so Murakawa and the rest of...
Sonatine (1993)
Takeshi Kitano
Tetsu Watanabe,Aya Kokumai,Masanobu Katsumura,Takeshi Kitano
Drama,Suspense & Thriller,Crime,General Action,General Drama,Foreign,French,Action & Adventure
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1993 |
MA |
90 min |
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Acclaimed actor/director "Beat" Takeshi Kitano turns in a riveting performance in the powerful and harrowing drama Blood and Bones! Kitano stars as Shunpei Kim, a Korean immigrant in Japan whose life is a troubled tableau of cruelty, abuse, and ...
Blood And Bones (2004)
Yoichi Sai
Shigemori Matsu,Hirofumi Arai,Jo Odagiri,Kyoka Suzuki,Yuko Nakamura,Mihoko Suino,Tomoko Tabata,Takeshi Kitano
Foreign,General Drama,Japanese,Drama
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2004 |
R |
140 min |
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Beat Takeshi lives the busy, and sometimes surreal, life of a show biz celebrity. But his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, is still an unknown actor waiting for his big break. After crossing paths with Beat and a series of fr...
Takeshis' (2006)
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
General Drama,Foreign,Japanese,General Comedy,Drama,Comedy
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2006 |
MA |
102 min |
