This block contains the information about Takeshi Kitano and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburф Fukami. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw his chance when a comedian suddenly fell ill, and he went on stage in the man's place.

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Here you can learn about the movies Takeshi Kitano acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Johnny Mnemonic - Takahashi (as Takeshi)	$25M	1995		$19.1M
Brother - Aniki Yamamoto (as 'Beat' Takeshi), Writer (written by), Director, Editor	$10M	2000	$60K	$448K
Battle Royale II - Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)	$9M	2003
Battle Royale - Kitano-sensei (as Bito Takeshi)	$4.5M	2000
Makoto-chan - Actor		1980
Danpu wataridori - Police 1		1981
Violent Cop - Azuma (as Beat Takeshi), Writer (adaptation) (uncredited), Director		1989		$1.96K
Sakana kara daiokishin!! - Azuma (as Beat Takeshi)		1992
Mosquito on the Tenth Floor - A man at a race horse track (as Beat Takeshi)		1983
Erotikkuna kankei - Okuyama		1992
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Sgt. Gengo Hara (as Takeshi)		1983
Getting Any? - Scientist, Writer (written by), Director, Editor		1994
Sukkari... sono ki de! - Actor (as Beat Takeshi)		1981
Kyфso tanjф - Daisuke Shiba, Writer (novel)		1993
A Scene at the Sea - Writer (written by), Director, Editor		1991
Kanashii kibun de joke - Hiroshi Igarashi (as Beat Takeshi)		1985
Sonatine - Aniki Murakawa, Writer (written by), Director, Editor		1993
Boiling Point - Uehara (as 'Beat' Takeshi), Writer (screenplay), Director		1990		$1.47K
Yasha - Yajima (as Beat Takeshi)		1985
Hoshi wo tsugu mono - Yama no ojichan, Producer		1990