Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano was born on 18 January 1947 in Tokyo. He entered Meiji University to study engineering, left without a degree and began as a comedian at the France-za, a theatre in Asakusa. In 1973 he formed the manzai duo Two Beat, then became a television star in the eighties. He appears under the name Beat Takeshi on television and under that of Takeshi Kitano in the credits of his films; he directed the first in 1989.

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• CinemaFireworks花火Takeshi Kitano · 1997Cinema