Takeshis'

Takeshis'

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

2005•1h 48m•6.1/10

ComedyDramaFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(84)

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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Production

dentsu Music and Entertainment, TV Asahi, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

Kotomi Kyono

Kotomi Kyono

Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor

Akihiro Miwa

Akihiro Miwa

Self

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Film Studios Tattooist

Koichi Ueda

Koichi Ueda

Film Crew Member close to the Director

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Film Director

Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Assistant at Audition

Tamotsu Ishibashi

Tamotsu Ishibashi

Toshi

Toshi

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Beat Kiyoshi

Beat Kiyoshi

Takashi Nishina

Takashi Nishina

Taichi Saotome

Taichi Saotome

Young Man

Takagi Junya

Takagi Junya

Self

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Light Man in Film Crew / Audition Juror / Client at Bank

Jonathan Legg

American Soldier

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