Beat Takeshi is one of them. Call them the Beat-en Generation. Even the arc of his own life story parallels that of Japan’s postwar history: he grew up poor amid the ashes of World War II. He ...

In the West, Takeshi probably is more remembered for his serious role opposite David Bowie as the sadistic prison camp official, Sergeant Gengo Hara, in the 1983 film, Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

Takeshi made the game because he apparently hates video games. Japanese gamers, however, dug his brand of video game masochism and snapped up 800,000 copies of the game.

‘While the Women Are Sleeping’ (‘Onna ga Nemurutoki’): Berlin Review Iconic Japanese actor Beat Takeshi is a mysterious voyeur in Wayne Wang’s Japanese thriller.

Despite Beat Takeshi’s reputation as a titan of crime drama and Japanese comedy, Broken Rage’s high-concept attempt to bridge the genres is a setup that isn’t worth the payoff.

This Saturday at 11:40pm Japan Time, a man with a pickax attacked a car in which actor and film director Takeshi Kitano— best known by his stage name Beat Takeshi— was traveling. The attacker ...

In the English-language "Brother," Japanese writer-actor-director- TV personality Takeshi Kitano plays a stranger in a strange land -- Los Angeles. But Kitano, the popular star also billed as Beat ...

Kitano Takeshi has established a unique position for himself, appearing as a popular comedian on Japanese TV while simultaneously winning international acclaim as a serious filmmaker. Meet the ...

Comedian, actor and director "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, 62, says that his Tuesday night TV Asahi show "Saishu Keikoku! Takeshi no honto wa kowai katei no igaku," which has aired for the last six years, ...

Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano has joined the cast of DreamWorks’ “ Ghost in the Shell.” The live action Hollywood film is an adaptation of the iconic Japanese anime film originally directed by ...