Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Yusuke Sekiguchi · Kayoko Kishimoto · Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Synopsis Kikujiro (1999) follows Masao, a lonely young boy, who embarks on a summer journey to find his estranged mother. Accompanied by Kikujiro, a gruff but kind-hearted man, the pair travels across Japan, encountering a series of eccentric characters and unexpected...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Tadanobu Asano · Michiyo Oguso · Yui Natsukawa

Synopsis The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) follows a wandering blind masseur and master swordsman, Zatoichi, who arrives in a town oppressed by ruthless gangs. Disguising his lethal skills behind a humble demeanor, he befriends a kind innkeeper and two geisha sisters...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Kayoko Kishimoto · Tetsu Watanabe · Ren Osugi

Synopsis In *Hana-bi* (1997), directed by Takeshi Kitano, a former police officer named Nishi grapples with personal tragedy and guilt. After leaving the force due to a violent incident that left his partner paralyzed and another officer dead, Nishi struggles to...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Omar Epps · Claude Maki · Masaya Kato

Synopsis Brother (2000) follows a yakuza enforcer exiled from Japan who arrives in Los Angeles to reunite with his estranged younger brother. Struggling to adapt to American gang culture, he forms an uneasy alliance with a local hustler. Together, they navigate...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Kanako Higuchi · Yûrei Yanagi · Kumiko Aso

Synopsis Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

Direction Jean-Pierre Limosin

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Shigehiko Hasumi

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Aya Kokumai · Tetsu Watanabe · Susumu Terajima

Synopsis Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Michiru Jo · Hayato Tani · Hideo Higashikokubaru

Synopsis A game show where upwards of 100 contestants (give or take) try to get through various wet, dirty, and wild obstacles and games for a chance to win the grand prize of 1 million yen (Approx. $10,000) by defeating Takeshi...

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast David Bowie · Ryuichi Sakamoto · Takeshi Kitano · Jack Thompson

Synopsis In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to...

Direction Jane Magnusson · Hynek Pallas

Cast Woody Allen · Michael Haneke · Martin Scorsese · Ridley Scott

Synopsis Ingmar Bergman's home on Fårö island occupies something of a mythical status among legendary filmmakers as Woody Allen, Michael Haneke, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Tomas Alfredson, Francis Ford Coppola, Wes Anderson, Takeshi Kitano, Isabella Rossellini, Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Robert...

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Koichi Sato · Tadanobu Asano · Takeshi Kitano

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Aki Maeda · Tatsuya Fujiwara · Chiaki Kuriyama · Taro Yamamoto

Synopsis In Battle Royale (2000), a dystopian Japanese government forces a class of high school students to compete in a brutal survival game. Each student is given random weapons and sent to a deserted island, where they must fight to the...

Direction Travis Klose

Cast Araki · Nobuyoshi Araki · Björk · Richard Kern

Synopsis A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Maiko Kawakami · Makoto Ashikawa · Sei Hiraizumi

Synopsis 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...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Tatsuya Fuji · Masaomi Kondo · Akira Nakao · Masanobu Katsumura

Synopsis Ryuzo (Tatsuya Fuji) and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.

Direction Theodoros Angelopoulos · Olivier Assayas · Bille August · Jane Campion

Cast Cindy Beckett · Audrey Dana · Jacques Frantz · George Babluani

Synopsis To Each His Cinema is a 2007 film, produced and conceived by Gilles Jacob, celebrating the Cannes Film Festival's 60th anniversary. The film is comprised of a collection of 35 three-minute short films by some of the world's leading directors,...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Yûrei Yanagi · Yuriko Ishida · Eri Fuse

Synopsis Masaki is a frail, quiet boy dividing his time between working in gas station and playing baseball. When Masaki and his baseball coach are violently bullied by the local Yakuza, Masaki heads to Okinawa city to buy a gun and...

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Tomokazu Miura · Kippei Shiina · Ryo Kase

Synopsis In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over saké. Long-time yakuza...

Direction Yves Montmayeur

Cast Takashi Miike · Takeshi Kitano · Shinya Tsukamoto · Kinji Fukasaku

Direction Kabir Khan · Anil Senior

Cast Sunny Kaushal · Sharvari Wagh · Rohit Choudhary · Tj Bhanu

Synopsis Lieutenant Sodhi and his army fight for Indian Independence during World War II as part of the Indian National Army; the journey and sacrifice of the Indian National Army from its soldiers' point of view.