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Kitano Takeshi - Stuff at amazon

1948 -

beat takeshi got his start in stand up or some other form of comedy. fell into directing when the director of violent cop fell out (lost fired quit died ?) and he, already starring, got the gig. more when more.

Films

Violent Cop (1989)
Boiling Point (1990)
A Scene at the Sea (1992)
Sonatine (1993)
Minna yatteruka (1994)

Kids Return (1996)
Fireworks (1997)
Kikujiro (1999)
Brother (2000)
Dolls (2002)
Zatôichi (2003)

Kitano on the web

@ Wikipedia
@ IMDb
@ JMDb