Takeshi Kitano — Director (23)

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Broken Rage (2024)
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★ 6.1 41 ratings
other title: 破碎的愤怒 / 브로큰 레이지 …
A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs... Director Takeshi Kitano presents a two-part film: a serious yakuza action and a self-parodying comedy of the same story. What is the fate of "Mouse"?

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Ryuzo And The Seven Henchmen (2015)
龍三と七人の子分たち WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.5 123 ratings
other title: 龙三和他的七人党 / 龍三と七人の子分たち …
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.

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HANA-BI (1997)
HANA-BI
★ 8.5 576 ratings
other title: 花火 / はなび …
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

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Sonatine (1993)
ソナチネ
★ 8.2 202 ratings
other title: 奏鸣曲 / ソナチネ …
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

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Boiling Point (1990)
3-4X10月
★ 6.9 50 ratings
Takeshi Kitano actor: Takeshi Kitano / 小野昌彦 …
other title: 3–4x10月 / 3-4X10月 …
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.

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A Scene at the Sea (1991)
あの夏、いちばん静かな海。
★ 8.4 444 ratings
other title: 那年夏天,宁静的海 / あの夏、いちばん静かな海。 …
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

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Getting Any? (1994)
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★ 6.9 119 ratings
北野武 actor: 北野武 / 邓肯 …
other title: 性爱狂想曲 / みんな~やってるか! …
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

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Kids Return (1996)
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★ 8.4 542 ratings
other title: 키즈 리턴 / キッズ・リターン …
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.