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Takeshi Kitano

Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)

7.81body-of-work score · ranked #125 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 18, 1947 · Adachi
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, actor, television presenter, comedian
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Takeshi Kitano
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Hana-biMust-See #208

    1997 · Japan · crime, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1997 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1998 #1 · Venice Golden Lion winner 1997

    2.686 citations
  2. 2
    Sonatineソナチネ

    1993 · Japan · crime, drama, action

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1993 #4 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1995 #7 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1998 #4

    1.124 citations
  3. 3
    Zatōichi座頭市

    2003 · Japan · action, drama

    TIFF People's Choice winner 2003 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2003 #7

    1.082 citations
  4. 4
    Kids Returnキッズ・リターン

    1996 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1996 #2

    0.631 citation
  5. 5
    Kikujiro菊次郎の夏

    1999 · Japan · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1999 #7 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2000 #9 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.603 citations
  6. 6
    Boiling Point3-4X10月

    1990 · Japan · action, crime, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1990 #7 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1995 #5

    0.532 citations
  7. 7
    Beyond Outrageアウトレイジ ビヨンド

    2012 · Japan · thriller, action, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2012 #3

    0.501 citation
  8. 8
    A Scene at the Seaあの夏、いちばん静かな海。

    1991 · Japan · romance, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1991 #6

    0.361 citation
  9. 9
    Violent Copその男、凶暴につき

    1989 · Japan · thriller, action, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1989 #8

    0.321 citation

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.