Takeshi Kitano

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Abandoned by the brotherhood of his yakuza clan, tough guy Yamamoto (Beat Takeshi) is forced to leave Tokyo. He goes to Los Angeles in search of Ken (Claude Maki), his younger half-brother. Alone and with a new identity, Yamamoto finds himself frustrated by foreign surroundings, especially since he doesn't speak the language.

A nine-year-old boy sets out to find the mother he's never met, accompanied on his quest by a brash, irresponsible loudmouth named Kikujiro. Written by, directed by and starring Takeshi Beat Katano.

The Japanese underworld’s rival clans rise through the ranks of power in the stock market, but their betrayals and blood vengeance are unending.

During a police crackdown on the yakuza underworld, an anti-gang detective plots a war between the crime families to ensure their mutual destruction.

A vicious homicide detective goes rogue as he faces criminal charges for his unlawful force with a crime mob while other dirty cops go unchecked.

This third installment of the Outrage trilogy finds former yakuza boss Otomo running enforcement in South Korea for a renowned and influential fixer.

A seemingly unremarkable man but actually a hit man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs... Director Takeshi Kitano presents a two-part film: a serious yakuza action and a self-parodying comedy of the same story. What is the fate of "Mouse"?

Worldwide sensation Takeshi's Castle returns after 34 years! Popular games are revived on a larger scale and new, terrifying obstacles appear one after another. The lord of the castle, Beat Takeshi, entrusts Bananaman to protect it. Subaru Kimura is the attack force’s new leader. The elite team gathers to bring down the revived Takeshi’s Castle. The greatest battle in history begins!

Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: a human mind inside an artificial body. Discovering her creators lied about her past life to control her, Major will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery of her true identity and exact revenge.

A group of students from a Japanese high school are forced to compete in a battle, killing one another until only one is left standing.

In his second feature film, Takeshi Kitano dives further into Japan’s underworld by way of a baseball player turned patsy in this carefully plotted road trip lined with vengeance. Boiling Point deepens Kitano’s analysis of male violence…while also featuring one of cinema’s greatest karaoke scenes.

A high-tech courier with stolen data in his chip-implanted brain is on the run from a global crime syndicate.

From director Pascal-Alex Vincent, this documentary looks back at the 50-year career of Akihiro Miwa, a celebrated Japanese entertainer who captured attention playing the glamorous female lead of the 1968 cult classic 'Black Lizard.' Performing as a female while living off-stage as a man, Miwa has used glitter, wit, evening gowns and enchanting storytelling as a vessel for gay activism and more.

The terrorist attacks on Newport City continue, and the shell squad isn't making much progress against them. Can Motoko accept help from a man made out of plain old flesh and blood?

Two teams compete in some of the funniest and most hazardous games ever made for TV in this hilarious spoof of extreme sports competitions.

In 1942, British officer Major Jack Celliers is captured by Japanese soldiers, and after a brutal trial sent, physically debilitated but indomitable in mind, to a POW camp overseen by the zealous Captain Yonoi. Celliers' stubbornness sees him locked in a battle of wills with the camp's new commandant, a man obsessed with discipline and the glory of Imperial Japan.

Three years after the failed BR program, the government finds a solution to its Shuya Nanahara problem on an island with a class of high school kids.