List of the best "Beat" Takeshi Kitano movies: Fireworks(1997), Dolls(2002), Brother(2000), Taboo(1999), Outrage Coda(2017), Kids Return(1996), Outrage(2010), Zatoichi(2003), Ghost in the Shell(2017), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(1983), Battle Royale(2000), Battle Royale II: Requiem(2003) ... ...
7.8/10
Crime, Drama
Japan
1997
103 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Kayoko Kishimoto Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Tetsu Watanabe Hakuryu Yasuei Yakushiji Taro Itsumi Ken'ichi Yajima Makoto Ashikawa Yuuko Daike
cop husband wife partner disabled person gangster brash dark offbeat thrilling japan lake car store yakuza murder bank robbery illness debt unlikely criminal
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
7.6/10
Drama, Romance
Japan
2002
113 Minutes
Director
Miho Kanno Hidetoshi Nishijima Tatsuya Mihashi Chieko Matsubara Kyôko Fukada Tsutomu Takeshige
fiancé old flame obsessed fan pop star gangster suicidal person creative dreamy dark emotional hospital park japan bench love triangle reconciliation obsession car accident gold shipment mental breakdown
Three stories of never-ending love.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Japan
2000
112 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Claude Maki Omar Epps Masaya Katô Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Ryo Ishibashi James Shigeta Tetsuya Watari Tatyana Ali Darryl M. Bell
gang member brother foreigner brooding dark gritty tokyo los angeles family deception culture clash banishment escape yakuza transformation escape 2000s
A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
6.9/10
Drama
Japan|France|UK
1999
101 Minutes
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Ryuhei Matsuda Shinji Takeda Tadanobu Asano Koji Matoba Uno Kanda Kazuko Yoshiyuki Yoichi Sai Jiro Sakagami Zakoba Katsura Kei Satô
The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
6.3/10
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Nao Ômori Pierre Taki Toshiyuki Nishida Sansei Shiomi Tatsuo Nadaka Ken Mitsuishi Hakuryu Ikuji Nakamura Yutaka Matsushige Kanji Tsuda
Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle... See full summary »
Action
1996
104 Minutes
Director
Masanobu Andô Ken Kaneko Leo Morimoto Hatsuo Yamaya Mitsuko Oka Ryo Ishibashi Susumu Terajima Koichi Shigehisa Michisuke Kashiwaya Yûko Daike Atsuki Ueda
Two high-school friends find disappointment and failure as they pursue careers in the boxing ring and the mob.
Action, Crime, Drama
2010
109 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Kippei Shiina Ryô Kase Tomokazu Miura Jun Kunimura Tetta Sugimoto Takashi Tsukamoto Yuka Itaya Hideo Nakano Renji Ishibashi
After his men go too far in their confrontation with a rival gang, a yakuza henchman (Beat Takeshi) gets caught up in an escalating mob war.
Action, Adventure
2003
115 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Tadanobu Asano Michiyo Ohkusu Yui Natsukawa Yûko Daike Saburô Ishikura Daigorô Tachibana Ittoku Kishibe Akira Emoto
farmer nephew geisha bodyguard samurai assassin thrilling gory amusing emotional small town japan farm yakuza murder gangs massacre honor sword battles revenge
A master swordsman (Beat Takeshi) battles a formidable ronin (Tadanobu Asano) and a deadly clan terrorizing villagers.
6.3/10
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|India|Hong Kong|China|Canada
2017
107 Minutes
Scarlett Johansson Pilou Asbæk "Beat" Takeshi Kitano Michael Carmen Pitt Juliette Binoche Chin Han Danusia Samal Peter Ferdinando Kaori Momoi Anamaria Marinca Daniel Henshall
cyborg operative criminal scientist leader hacker brooding emotional intense dark city laboratory office bar apartment street technology cybernetics fighting betrayal
In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
7.3/10
War
UK|New Zealand|Japan
1983
124 Minutes
David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto "Beat" Takeshi Kitano Jack Thompson Johnny Ohkura Alistair Browning James Malcolm Chris Broun Grant Bridger Colin Francis
soldier prisoner of war translator military officer sergeant homosexual cool disturbing gutsy pow camp japan world war ii cultural differences torture homosexuality imprisonment honor underdog discovery 1940s
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
7.6/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan
2000
114 Minutes
Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Masanobu Andô Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
4.7/10
Action
Japan
2003
132 Minutes
Tatsuya Fujiwara Ai Maeda Shûgo Oshinari Ayana Sakai Haruka Suenaga Yuma Ishigaki Miyuki Kanbe Masaya Kikawada Yôko Maki Yuuki Ito
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
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