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Takeshis'
Sign in to saveTakeshis is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise.
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6.1Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
- Kotomi Kyono as Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor
- Kayoko Kishimoto as Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer
- Ren Osugi as Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
- Susumu Terajima as Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
- Tetsu Watanabe as TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
Themes
- hallucination
- surreal
- surrealism
- celebrity
- self-referential
- doppelgänger
- semi autobiographical
- metafiction
- meta
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Takeshis'
- Film.image
- Takeshis'.jpg
- Film.director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Film.producer
- Masayuki Mori
- Film.writer
- Takeshi Kitano
- Film.starring
- Beat TakeshiSusumu TerajimaKotomi Kyono
- Film.music
- NAGI. Yosuke KakegawaShoko Fujikawa
- Film.cinematography
- Katsumi Yanagishima
- Film.editing
- Takeshi KitanoYoshinori Ota
- Film.studio
- Bandai VisualTokyo FMDentsuTV Asahi
- Film.distributor
- ShochikuOffice Kitano
- Film.runtime
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 852017
- Official website
- www.office-kitano.co.jp/takeshis
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- publication date
- 2005-01-01
- title
- TAKESHIS'
- review score
- 4.9/10
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Takeshis is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise.
==Film structure== The original working title of Takeshis was Fractal, suggesting the film's structure. The film has nested story-lines and depicts an 8½-like identity crisis theme in autobiographical style. It is also strongly characterised by a series of surrealistic motifs linked by chance encounters.