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Takeshi Kitano Biography

Takeshi Kitano (北野武, Kitano Takeshi, born 18 January 1947) is a Japanese comedian, television personality, director, actor, author, and screenwriter. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, abroad he is known almost entirely for his filmwork. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the stage name Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi).

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When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

Artist, Ideas, People, Say, Take

The film is ambiguous, an ambiguity that reflects on Japan today, and a world in which nothing is clear. Once I made the film [Takeshis'], I realized it was about this feeling of vague disquiet in Japan and in the rest of the world, a feeling that is gaining on us, getting less vague.

Ambiguous, Feelings, Japan, Takeshis, World

I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts. It happens unexpectedly and looks painful. That's how it is in real life, and that's how it should be expressed. I don't glamorize it, nor do I depict it without necessity or inevitability.

Hurt, Real, Show, Showing, Think, Thinking

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

Free, Give, Giving, Joy, People, Sheer

Cinema is a composite art into which you can include all conceivable art or entertainment forms. In film, I can work with novelistic elements, comedy, drama, music, and other forms of entertainment. Film is a versatile expression, combining all elements into one art form.

Art, Drama, Entertainment, Expression, Forms, Include

Having total freedom to direct my own movies is more difficult than those I was hired for, where the framework has been already furnished. Unlike with my own work, I don't have to deny or feel embarrassed at the straightforwardness or orthodoxy of the directorial style, because I can say in excuse, "This is how I was asked to direct by those people. "

Deny, Freedom, Orthodoxy, People, Style

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

Gets, Humour, Like, Unpredictable, Violence

Being a TV comedian, actor, writer, columnist, and all that is quite helpful to me in acquiring wide varieties of knowledge, which is crucial for filmmaking.

Actors, Comedian, Tvs, Varieties, Wide

Doing TV shows helps me a lot in my screenplay writing and filmmaking, especially since my TV shows are in different formats: comedy sketches, talk shows, debate programs, art variety shows, quiz shows. These enable me to meet interesting people with interesting stories and to learn about interesting subjects, all of which I can reflect into film.

Art, Comedy, Formats, Reflect, Tv Shows, Writing

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

Career, Careers, Directorial, Film, Repetition

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

Gogh, Next, Sunflower, Work, Years

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

Course, Festivals, Film, Films, Glad, Lucky

In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had to be patient until the public accepted me. As a result, my early films didn't get a lot of attention. As a serious film actor, things didn't take off, either. Only my comic talents were recognized.

Director, Directors, Mind, Patient, People, Talents

I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.

Comedy, Painting, Probably, Things, Writing

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

Camera, Character, Circling, Fake People, Hate, Thing

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

Hate, Hurt, Intolerant, Pain

I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.

Coward, Fear, Feelings, Inclined, Thinking