Takeshis' (2005)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 2, 2005Release Date
Takeshis' (2005)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 2, 2005Release Date
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Plot.
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
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Cast & Crew.
Takeshi Kitano
Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
Kotomi Kyōno
Takeshi's Girl Friend / Kitano's Female Neighbor
Kayoko Kishimoto
Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Customer
Ren Osugi
Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
Susumu Terajima
Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
Masayuki Mori
Producer
Tetsu Watanabe
TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
Takio Yoshida
Producer
Akihiro Miwa
Self
Naomasa Musaka
Film Studios Tattooist
Nagi
Composer
Katsumi Yanagijima
Cinematographer
Koichi Ueda
Film Crew Member close to the Director
Kanji Tsuda
Film Director
Yoshinori Ota
Editor
Norihiro Isoda
ProductionDesigner
Makoto Ashikawa
Assistant at Audition
Taichi Saotome
Young Man
Takagi Junya
Self
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Light Man in Film Crew / Audition Juror / Client at Bank
Jonathan Legg
American Soldier
Yohji Yamamoto
Costume Design
Senji Horiuchi
Sound Designer
Akira Kubo
Media.
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Wiki.
Takeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise.