Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Director & Actor (b. 1947)
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The ThumbScore for Takeshi Kitano (78.4%) is the average audience approval rating across 20 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Takeshi's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

20
Movies
78.4%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Takeshi Kitano’s films higher than 89% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Kikujiro (Roku Channel) · Battle Royale (Philo, The CW, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Johnny Mnemonic (Pluto TV) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Shout! TV, Plex, Tubi) · Outrage (Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Tubi, Kanopy) · Violent Cop (Cineverse, Kanopy) and 5 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Susumu Terajima (6)Tadanobu Asano (4)Yuko Daike (4)Kayoko Kishimoto (4)Ren Osugi (4)

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. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Two Beat, before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's Violent Cop and garnered international acclaim for Sonatine (1993). He was not widely accepted as an accomplished director in Japan until Hana-bi won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his Outrage crime trilogy with the release of Outrage Coda. He is also known internationally for hosting the game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1990) and starring in the film Battle Royale (2000).

Born 1947-01-18 in Tokyo, Japan.

On ThumbScore, Takeshi Kitano appears in 20 films with an average audience score of 78.4%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Takeshi Kitano movie, ranked by audience score

Zatoichi
Zatoichi
2003
👍 90%
Kikujiro
Kikujiro
1999
👍 90%
Fireworks
Fireworks
1997
👍 88%
Sonatine
Sonatine
1993
👍 87%
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
2000
👍 86%
Brother
Brother
2000
👍 85%
Johnny Mnemonic
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
👍 83%
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
👍 83%
A Scene at the Sea
A Scene at the Sea
1991
👍 82%
Outrage
Outrage
2010
👍 81%
Violent Cop
Violent Cop
1989
👍 81%
Dolls
Dolls
2002
👍 80%
Boiling Point
Boiling Point
1990
👍 78%
Kids Return
Kids Return
1996
👍 76%
Beyond Outrage
Beyond Outrage
2012
👍 76%
Taboo
Taboo
1999
👍 72%
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
👍 71%
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell
2017
👍 69%
Izo
Izo
2004
👍 65%
Broken Rage
Broken Rage
2024
👍 45%