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Searched Person for "Kitano," -- 6 results

Zatoichi (2003)
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi "Beat"
Based on a famous historic character (a blind masseuse) who traveled the countryside of Edo Era Japan righting wrongs with his ungodly swordsman skills. An updated version featuring Kitano as the masseuse who wanders into a town run by yakuza gangs who have the local populace in a stranglehold. Violent, bloody; definitely for the samurai flick crowd, but no love for the chambara genre required to enjoy.
Hana-bi (1998)
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi "Beat"
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Kikujiro No Natsu
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi "Beat"
When a young boy sets out to find the mother who left him to live with his grandmother years ago, he ends up embarking on a journey with an aging tough guy who would rather be playing the ponys. A comedy of the heart.
Gohatto (1999)
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi (Beat)
The story of a young samurai warrior of extraordinary skill and "beauty" is the mark of several samurai who wish to posess him, as well as destroy him. A look at homosexuality in Japan, set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu Period, which turns into a murder mystery.
Brother
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi (Beat)
Ousted yakuza boss goes to L.A. where he meets his half-brother and sets up shop against everyone else in town. Bullet casings and corpses liter the streets as an ensuing war breaks out. A no-holds barred action flick directed and written by 'Beat' Takeshi himself.
Dolls
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi (Beat)
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