Takeshi Kitano

7 titles

Filmography

7 results

Brother

Brother

(2000)
69.0
movie
Crime
Drama
Thriller

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.

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Broken Rage

Broken Rage

(2024)
61.0
movie
Comedy
Crime
Drama

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"?

Added on Prime Video 01/27/2026. Added on Prime Video 01/28/2026
Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

(2017)
62.0
movie
Action
Crime
Drama

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.

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Boiling Point

Boiling Point

(1990)
67.0
movie
Action
Comedy
Crime

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.

Added on Mubi 01/27/2026. Added on Mubi 01/28/2026
Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

(1995)
56.0
movie
Action
Science Fiction

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

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Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell

(2017)
42.0
movie
Documentary

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?

Added on Prime Video 01/26/2026. Added on Prime Video 01/28/2026. Added on Prime Video 01/27/2026
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

(1983)
68.0
movie
Drama
War

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.

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