Takeshi Kitano

Amy Vergeront

Beat Takeshi, born Takeshi Kitano, is a director, actor, and screenwriter whose style has been compared to the great Akira Kurosawa. Famed for their comedy work in Japan and more gallows humor and violent themes abroad, Takeshi manages to explore themes of existentialism, human nature, life and levity, through the lens of notorious gangster and yakuza movies.