The best Takeshi Kitano’s comedy movies

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

18/01/1947 (77 años)
We present our ranking of the best Takeshi Kitano’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Takeshi Kitano.

Kikujiro

Kikujiro
7.7/10
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema
6.8/10
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

Boiling Point

Boiling Point
6.8/10
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

Takeshis'

Takeshis'
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/09/2005
  • Character: Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)
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.

Getting Any?

Getting Any?
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/02/1995
  • Character: Tiedemies
A slapstick comedy, about a goofy middle-aged man who is obsessed with the idea of having car sex. While pursuing his 'dream', he makes all the wrong moves possible, and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!
6.3/10
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 25/04/2015
  • Character: Murakawa
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.

Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/09/2008
  • Character: Machisu
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a childs love for painting. Praise from a famous artist friend of his father inspires the young boy to dream of becoming a painter himself. s a young man, poor loner Machisu manages to attend art school with money earned from working. He is introduced to an unconventional world of bold creativity but he also gets his first bitter taste of harsh criticism from a dealer. Encouragement comes in the form of attractive clerk Sachiko who is convinced that she alone understands him. Marriage is soon followed by a daughter, as love and hope drive Machisu to commit even more deeply to his art ...

Tokyo Eyes

Tokyo Eyes
6.6/10
The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.

No More Comics!

No More Comics!
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/02/1986
  • Character: Police
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.

The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit

The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
5.2/10
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.

Completely... With That Air!

Completely... With That Air!
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/12/1981
This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

Makoto-chan

Makoto-chan
8.2/10
The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.

Dioxin from Fish!

Dioxin from Fish!
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/02/1992
A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/11/1993
  • Character: Daisuke Shiba
Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.

JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 1

JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 1
No wonder the Japanese are such a stressed-out society: They enjoy mutilating and torturing each other just for the hell of it...not to mention for the benefits of the television cameras, and Japanarama! Volume 1 captures two hours of only the very twisted of psycho TV from Japan. Much of this party tape utilizes footage from bizarre and cruel game shows. Rounding out the tape are some great cheesey commercials, mostly for foods that look grossly unappetizing, and some with sell out American celebrities. A few scenes are shown from various weird Far East movies.

Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1

Takeshi's Castle Vol. 1
Various attacking forces unique to Takeshi's Castle were organized, aiming for "Defeat! Takeshi's Castle" There were many battles. This set gathers the tightness of the battle, such as parent-child tournament, Danjin tournament, female college student tournament, brave fighter tournament, etc. Also included is a collection of contests in Takeshi's Castle, as well as episodes of Takeshi & Takeshi Corps struggling to recapture the castle that was stolen by Captain Tani.

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