Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad
Kitano in 2017
Kitano accepting the Golden Lion Award in 1997 for his film Hana-bi
Kitano at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000
Sonatine (1993 film)
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Sonatine is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films,
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…prestigious Blue Ribbon Awards. It also started a long-running collaboration with composer Joe Hisaishi, which would last until 2002. Although 1993's Sonatine did poorly in Japan, it received rave reviews in Europe when it was shown at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Kitano plays a Tokyo yakuza who is sent by…
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Graffiti in Sant Adrià de Besòs depicting a scene from Sonatine.