Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known in Japan as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi), is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is b...
102
Total Movies
5
Languages
6.9
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
Takeshi Kitano Upcoming Movies 2026
Essential Watchlist
Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me
2008
🇯🇵 Japanese
Asakusa Kid
2002
🇯🇵 Japanese
Dioxin from Fish!
1992
🇯🇵 Japanese
Manon
1981
🇯🇵 Japanese
Makoto-chan
1980
🇯🇵 Japanese
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
🇯🇵 Japanese
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
1985
🇯🇵 Japanese
Morning
2014
🇯🇵 Japanese
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
🇺🇸 English
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
🇯🇵 Japanese
Aka Medaka
2015
🇯🇵 Japanese
Fireworks
1997
🇯🇵 Japanese
Streaming Now (OTT)
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AUM: The Cult at the End of the World | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2024 | Broken Rage | ⭐ 6.665 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2023 | Kubi | ⭐ 6.939 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2023 | Analog | ⭐ 6.833 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2021 | Asakusa Kid | ⭐ 7.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | Citizen Kitano | ⭐ 7.429 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | Why Are We Creative? | ⭐ 7.553 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Outrage Coda | ⭐ 6.821 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Prison Break | ⭐ 5.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | ⭐ 6.107 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | While the Women Are Sleeping | ⭐ 5.706 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | A Living Promise | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | Aka Medaka | ⭐ 7.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | Mozu The Movie | ⭐ 6.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen | ⭐ 6.273 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Morning | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | The 8th Floor | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | In Between Mountains and Oceans | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel | ⭐ 5.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | Kids Return: The Reunion | ⭐ 5.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | Miwa: A Japanese Icon | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | ⭐ 6.621 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Beyond Outrage | ⭐ 7.036 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Dearest | ⭐ 6.714 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | A Special Day | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Kikoku | ⭐ 5.667 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Outrage | ⭐ 6.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2009 | Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | What the War Meant | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit | ⭐ 4.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | Glory to the Filmmaker! | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | Takeshis' | ⭐ 6.109 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | The Golden Cups: One More Time | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones | ⭐ 6.605 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Izo | ⭐ 6.118 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! | ⭐ 8.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Arakimentari | ⭐ 6.425 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Zatoichi | ⭐ 7.2 | $34.2M | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Battle Royale II: Requiem | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Kichiku | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Dolls | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Asakusa Kid | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | The 300 million yen robbery | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Battle Royale | ⭐ 7.3 | $30.6M | MUBI |
| 2000 | Brother | ⭐ 7.095 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Making of 'Battle Royale' | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Taboo | ⭐ 6.584 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Unpredictable Takeshi Kitano | ⭐ 7.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Kikujiro | ⭐ 7.512 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: Kyōfu Eizō Kaiki Shashin Korekushon | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Kiseki Taiken! Anbiribabō: 1999 Nostradamus Senritsu no Daiyogen Mysterious Unbelievable | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro) | ⭐ 6.833 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Zankyo | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Tokyo Eyes | ⭐ 6.722 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Fireworks | ⭐ 7.67 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Hana-bi (1997) – Behind-the-scenes Footage | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Making-of Kids Return | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Kids Return | ⭐ 6.905 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Gonin | ⭐ 6.635 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | ⭐ 5.766 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Getting Any? | ⭐ 5.738 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Many Happy Returns | ⭐ 6.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Sonatine | ⭐ 7.509 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Erotic Liaisons | ⭐ 4.625 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Dioxin from Fish! | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | A Legend of Turmoil | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Shoko Asahara with Takeshi | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | A Scene at the Sea | ⭐ 7.424 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Kim's War | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | KILL THEM ALL | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Boiling Point | ⭐ 6.88 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Hoshi wo tsugu mono | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Violent Cop | ⭐ 7.229 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | The Boss' Wife | ⭐ 6.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | 雨の降る駅 | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | No More Comics! | ⭐ 6.429 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Jesus' Ark | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Demon | ⭐ 7.571 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Joke with a Sorrowful Heart | ⭐ 8.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | ⭐ 7.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Summer Secrets | ⭐ 5.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Completely... With That Air! | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Manon | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | The Dump Truck Rascal | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1980 | Makoto-chan | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| TBA | In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| TBA | One Fine Day | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Go, Go Second Time Virgin | ⭐ 6.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
Takeshi Kitano Career & Box Office Summary
Takeshi Kitano is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 102 movies across 5 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 6.9/10, Takeshi Kitano has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
Fans eagerly anticipating new releases can look forward to 2 upcoming movies scheduled for 2026 and beyond. Additionally, 1 of their films are currently available to stream on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar. Bookmark this profile page for real-time updates on Takeshi Kitano's latest theatrical releases, OTT digital streaming dates, and box office collection reports.
Career Highlights
Awards & All-Time Records
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Biographical details are curated from authoritative sources including Wikipedia, TMDB, and official actor press releases. Filmography list aggregates global releases with Indian box office estimates and official OTT calendars.