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Actor and director Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi, will play Section 9 Chief Daisuke Aramaki in the live-action version of Ghost in the Shell , reports Cinema Today. Kitano joins a cast which includes Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt (Laughing Man) and Pilou Asbæk …Read more »
Well, it's outrageous in the sense that it's outrageously exciting to see Beat Takeshi ( Hana-bi , Sonatine ) returning to his classic hard-boiled style of filmmaking. Outrage looks primed to do just that, and you can see for yourself as the trailer just recently …Read more »
Actor and comedian Beat Takeshi, whose real name is Takeshi Kitano, was recently at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan to talk about his upcoming historical movie Kubi, which he wrote, directed, and acts in. He also got to talking about the Japanese entertainment business …Read more »
If the headline sounds like something that would happen in a movie by Beat Takeshi, you’re not far off. It actually happened to the famed director/actor/comedian—also known as Takeshi Kitano—in real life, as he found himself ambushed by a man wielding a pickax, who is …Read more »
Well, here’s one we didn’t see coming. The infamous NES game Takeshi no Chōsenjō, commonly known in English as Takeshi’s Challenge, is coming to the stage, of all things. The game, which has been driving Japanese players insane since 1986, will be adapted into a play called Takeshi …Read more »
At the event in Tokyo November 13 that saw the release of the first trailer for the live-action Ghost in the Shell , stars Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano appeared alongside director Rupert Sanders for a chat about the making of the movie. That was …Read more »
Takeshi Kitano, director of such films as Zatoichi and Sonatine , also known as Beat Takeshi, comic host of Takeshi’s Castle and star of Battle Royale , was awarded the first ever Samurai Award this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival. During his talk …Read more »
Yes, that's crazy with a K, and this isn't even about Mortal Kombat ! Rather, it's a tale of heroic DVD outfit BCI Eclipse (who have, in the past, released awesome DVDs like the Ultraman collections, among others) grabbing up more films by "Beat" Takeshi …Read more »
Principal photography has wrapped on the live-action Ghost in the Shell film, and that means the cast are freed up for the inevitable press tour. First stop: Tokyo. That’s the word from Anime Anime, who just announced that the Japanese capital will host a special …Read more »
Rila Fukushima, a Japanese actor who co-starred in The Wolverine , has joined the live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell , says the Hollywood Reporter. Fukushima joins actors Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano in the film which opens March 31, 2017. Best known in …Read more »
Do you like the films of Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away , My Neighbor Totoro )? Me too. But maybe not as much as this guy. French animation student Gwenn Germain, student at art school Creapole, has created a pretty stunning 2:30 minute short that …Read more »
There was a lot of laughter in the audience at the Japan Society during “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s vicious yakuza murder-thon Outrage . This was no giggling multiplex crowd, nor were we laughing from sheer discomfort (okay, maybe a little bit) over the film’s constant, brutal …Read more »
With the recent digital release of a bunch of composer Hiroyuki Sawano’s amazing anime soundtracks—including a physical vinyl release for his music that fueled TRIGGER’s unforgettable PROMARE anime film—we got a chance to speak with the artist about what composing for anime is really like. …Read more »
When it comes to adapting a manga like Daisuke Igarashi’s award-winning Children of the Sea, you really need to come up with something special. It looks like Studio 4ºC has that covered, because the first teaser trailer is here with a brief but beautiful look …Read more »
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