Kitano, 76, began his career as stand-up comedian Beat Takeshi before becoming a TV star. Kitano said he has seen the dark side of the Japanese entertainment industry, which recently has been ...

With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the name Beat Takeshi. Since April 2005, he has been a professor at the Graduate School of Visual Arts ...

Broken Rage is written and directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano (aka Beat Takeshi), director of many, many films including Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Getting Any?, Kikujiro, Brother ...

Light of My Lion boasts an impressive get in its lead actor, Yuya Yagira. Yagira is known for his extensive television work, ...

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.

Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi in Japan, 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 ...