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Takeshis'

2005 · 108 min

A disorienting hall-of-mirrors where celebrity ego and quiet desperation blur into violent dream logic, funny and unsettling in equal measure.

Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto
Tagline
500% Kitano - nothing to add!
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • celebrity
  • madness
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour6
Realism3
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, fantasy
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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