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Zatoichi aka The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) FR #2568 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Japan, France | Japanese
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Director Takeshi Kitano
Writer Takeshi Kitano, Kan Shimozawa
Cast Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa
Plot The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
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Hana-Bi aka Fireworks (1997) FR #3064 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan, India | Japanese, Hindi
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Director Takeshi Kitano
Writer Takeshi Kitano
Cast Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren "Sugi
Plot Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
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Sonachine aka Sonatine (1993) FR #3509 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Japan | Japanese
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Director Takeshi Kitano
Writer Takeshi Kitano
Cast Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe
Plot Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
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Kikujiro No Natsu aka Kikujiro (1999) FR #4556 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
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Director Takeshi Kitano
Writer Takeshi Kitano
Cast Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto
Plot A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
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Sono Otoko, Kyobo Ni Tsuki aka Violent Cop (1989) FR #4879 | Movie | Crime, Action | Japan | Japanese
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Director Takeshi Kitano
Writer Hisashi Nozawa, Takeshi Kitano
Cast Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa
Plot A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
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Editorial Best Takeshi Kitano Movies/TV Shows collects the director’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
