TV series
Takeshi's Castle
1986–1990 · 1 season
A gleeful, chaotic spectacle of ordinary people tumbling through silly obstacles, watched purely for the slapstick joy of cheerful failure.
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Reality
- Starring
- Hideo Higashikokubaru, Hayato Tani, Takeshi Kitano
- Overview
- Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him.
- How it feels
- Absurd, light, whimsical and campy. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Survival, ambition, class
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Reality
- Starring
- Hideo Higashikokubaru, Hayato Tani, Takeshi Kitano
