Takeshis' (2005)
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Director: Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano |
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Kotomi Kyono as Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor |
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Kayoko Kishimoto as Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer |
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Ren Osugi as Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver |
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Susumu Terajima as Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor |
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Tetsu Watanabe as TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor |
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Akihiro Miwa as Self |
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Naomasa Musaka as Film Studios Tattooist |
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Koichi Ueda as Film Crew Member close to the Director |
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Kanji Tsuda as Film Director |
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Makoto Ashikawa as Assistant at Audition |
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Tamotsu Ishibashi as |
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Toshi as |
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Tadanobu Asano as |
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Beat Kiyoshi as |
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Takashi Nishina as |
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Taichi Saotome as Young Man |
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Takagi Junya as Self |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Light Man in Film Crew / Audition Juror / Client at Bank |
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Jonathan Legg as American Soldier |
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Gambino Kobayashi as |
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Mari Hayashida as |
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Jinta Nishizawa as |
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Takayuki Katô as |
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Akira Kubo as |
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Masahiro Sumiyoshi as |
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Shûji Ôtsuki as |
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Taigi Kobayashi as |
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Junichi Kikawa as |
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Zomahoun Idossou Rufin as |
| Directing | Takeshi Kitano | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yohji Yamamoto | Costume Design |
| Writing | Takeshi Kitano | Writer |
| Camera | Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Takeshi Kitano | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshinori Ota | Editor |
| Sound | Nagi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Masayuki Mori | Producer |
| Production | Takio Yoshida | Producer |
| Sound | Senji Horiuchi | Sound Designer |
| Art | Norihiro Isoda | Production Design |
| Art | Norihiro Isoda | Art Direction |
| Crew | Kumiko Yoshida | Script |