FILM DIRECTOR

Takeshi Kitano

1947 - Today

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Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi; born January 18, 1947), also known as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi) in Japan, 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. During his time as a student at Meiji University, he became a comedian at the strip theater France-za in Asakusa, Tokyo. In 1973, he formed a comedy duo called Two Beat with Kiyoshi Kaneko, who later became Beat Kiyoshi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takeshi Kitano is the 54th most popular film director (down from 51st in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Japan (down from 45th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese actor, comedian, director, author, television presenter, and screenwriter. He has been called "the enfant terrible of Japanese cinema" and "the most significant Japanese filmmaker since Akira Kurosawa."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Takeshi Kitano ranks 54 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrzej Wajda, Robert Zemeckis, George Miller, Oliver Stone, Theo Angelopoulos, and Roger Vadim. After him are Yasujirō Ozu, Jack L. Warner, Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Brian De Palma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Takeshi Kitano ranks 30. Before him are Iggy Pop, Herman Van Rompuy, Glenn Close, Robert Kiyosaki, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Salman Rushdie. After him are Gerd Binnig, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Paco de Lucía, France Gall, Michael Levitt, and Michael Porter.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Kitano ranks 49 out of 6,245. Before him are Osamu Tezuka (1928), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Akira Toriyama (1955), and Sakamoto Ryōma (1836). After him are Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Takeda Shingen (1521), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Olivia de Havilland (1916).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Takeshi Kitano ranks 4. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Akira Kurosawa (1910), and Isao Takahata (1935). After him are Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960).

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