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	Kitano Takeshi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano Takeshi (北野武) (born January 18,1947) is a Japanese actor, author, poet, painter and filmmaker who has received acclaim both in his native Japan and abroad for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work.
		In 1995, Kitano was involved in a motorcycle accident and suffered injuries that caused the paralysis of one side of his body, and required extensive surgery to regain the use of his facial muscles.
		Kitano also started to paint pictures in a bright, simplified style reminiscent of Marc Chagall; many of his pantings have published in books and featured in gallery exhibitions, and adorn the covers of many of the soundtrack albums for his films.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ki/kitano_takeshi.html (1260 words)

	Takeshi Kitano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitano's films are usually dramas about gangsters or the police, characterized as being highly deadpan to the point of near-stasis.
		In August 1994, Kitano was involved in a motorcycle accident and suffered injuries that caused the paralysis of one side of his body, and required extensive surgery to regain the use of his facial muscles.
		Kitano is a regular collaborator with composer Joe Hisaishi, who has created the scores for most of his films.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kitano_Takeshi (1973 words)

	Midnight Eye review: Zatoichi (2003, Takeshi KITANO)
		It was at her insistence that Kitano agreed to take on the project as a homage to the original Zatoichi actor, a former personal friend of hers.
		Kitano pretty much had carte blanche with this new version, but aside from the post-modern touch of playing Zatoichi with his hair bleached peroxide blonde (apparently done beforehand and not for the film itself), he stays remarkably true to the essence of both chambara and to the central character.
		Kitano has consciously pitched Zatoichi at a more mainstream Japanese audience, for the first time making extensive use of moving cameras as opposed to his more characteristically static and concise approach to the action, and paying immaculately close attention to period detail.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/zatoichi.shtml (1198 words)

	Takeshi Kitano -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano's second film as director and first film as screenwriter, released in 1990, was 3-4X Jūgatsu ((Being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over) Boiling Point).
		Kitano plays a (The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan) Tokyo (Organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises) yakuza who is sent by his boss to (The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands) Okinawa to help end a gang war there.
		Kitano is a regular collaborator with composer (Click link for more info and facts about Joe Hisaishi) Joe Hisaishi, who has created the scores for most of his films.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/takeshi_kitano.htm (1870 words)

	Kitano Brings Fire and Beauty to America
		In short, Kitano is many things, not least of which is a supremely talented filmmaker whose work has yet to gain the respect in America that it so richly deserves.
		Kitano had many hands in the making of the film; besides directing, he starred, wrote, edited and painted the many paintings that figure prominently in the film.
		Kitano spoke freely about his films, their commercial success (or lack thereof), his accident, and other divergent subjects.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_Kitano_Takeshi_980320.html (754 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Despite His Hit Movie, Takeshi Kitano Goes Against Japan's Grain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano -- a renaissance man who also writes screenplays and novels, and who did it all without any academic training -- is an offender on both counts.
		For Kitano, life started in one of the poorest, toughest neighborhoods of Tokyo with an abusive, alcoholic father and a mother who relentlessly pressed her children to study hard.
		Kitano, however, rebuts his sharpest critics who say the trademark violence in his films, whether he is directing, acting or both, is simply excessive.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A46688-2004Oct19?language=printer (1252 words)

	Rogue Cinema - Takeshi Kitano: An Art House Criminal - By Josh Samford
		Kitano's films are not suited for everyone, so there's no point in even trying to pretend, these aren't for jaded cinematic audiences who go into a theater expecting unparalleled action, or even a story that is told in a fluent and structured way.
		Kitano gives one of his patented expressionless performances, but no matter how stone-wall his face may be, he still manages to not only let the audience into his world just a little, but also make them take a step back.
		Kitano is not a director everyone will love, he might be too artsy or boring for many people, for a great segment of us out there, he is equal to any of the greatest artists of our time.
	www.roguecinema.com /article60.html (2763 words)

	Kitano, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitano (北野町; -machi) was a town located in Mii District, Fukuoka, Japan.
		On February 5, 2005 the town merged with three other towns into the expanded city of Kurume, Fukuoka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
		As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,263 and a density of 842.51 persons per km².
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kitano,_Fukuoka (93 words)

	Cold-Blooded Killer In `Boiling Point' / Kitano's 1990 film gets U.S. premiere
		A movie by Kitano, who is a mainstream celebrity in Japan, may not be an entirely pleasant experience, but it's almost impossible to stop watching.
		Kitano, as writer, takes delight in portraying Masaki as a lifeless clunk, an underachiever in a society driven by unrelenting codes of consensus and politeness, even among the gangsters.
		Kitano's theme, played with a comic sensibility, is that it's impossible to be a loner in the culture, and the kid's action means that whatever team he belongs to -- everybody is on a team of one sort or another -- will suffer reprisals.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1999/07/30/DD96660.DTL&type=printable (461 words)

	Kitano's Hana-bi and Ozu
		The spaces Kitano evokes in Hana-bi, the aural, visual and narrative elisions, are coupled with the frantic violence and fast cutting of the action sequences which imbue the film with both a meditative and distinctly contemporary feel.
		Kitano reveals elements of his story like puzzle pieces, disclosing information in dislocated flashbacks, forcing us to reorient ourselves within the narrative, as we do after the elision of key scenes in Ozu's films.
		The lingering transitional spaces reappear in Kitano's stairwells and hospital hallways, in the melancholy paintings by the crippled Horibe.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/7/kitano.html (2812 words)

	AASC Announcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano returned to California in 1946, and subsequently received his B.A. in 1948, his MSW in 1951, and his Ph.D in Psychology and Education in 1958, all from the University of California, Berkeley.
		Kitano then headed to Los Angeles, where he spent his entire professorial career, from 1958 until his retirement in 1995, at UCLA, where he was a faculty member in the departments of Social Welfare and Sociology.
		Kitano is survived by his wife, Lynn; children Keith, Kimberly (David Roe), Kraig, Kerrily, and Christine; grandson Conor Hogan; sisters Kiyoko Yamashita, Sadako Kawaguchi, Chizuko Iiyama, and Tamio Kitano; and many nieces, and nephews.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /aasc/change/hk2002.html (1147 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Takeshi Kitano is the new Zatoichi
		One of the greatest actors Japan has produced, Katsu--who fits no existing category of actor (his involvement in a series of scandals being one reason)--played Ichi so many times that his name is almost synonymous with that of the blind swordsman.
		But Kitano has made up his mind to make his own original adaptation--to be titled simply Zatoichi--not a mere substitute for any one of Katsu's earlier versions.
		Kitano's films, and it's my aim to further develop myself as a historical film actor.
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=294666 (1306 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Brother" review (2001) Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps
		Kitano stars as a hunted Tokyo mob enforcer who escapes to Los Angeles after a turf war that left his clan decimated and his own brother acquiescing to the enemy.
		Just the gang's move from a small room in the back of a warehouse to a swanky office in a converted gymnasium (complete with leather couches, a redwood conference table and an accountant) should be enough to signal impending and violent storm clouds on the horizon in the minds of savvy moviegoers.
		Kitano does not make mindless action movies, but he does frequently get carried away with the gooey head wounds, the severed digits (there's three or four of those), the endless rounds of ammo resulting in hemorrhaging, Swiss-cheesed bodies, and the chopsticks-up-the-nose resulting in blood splattered onto the screen.
	www.splicedonline.com /01reviews/brother.html (707 words)

	Beat Takeshi Kitano
		Kitano first found fame, as well as his "Beat" nickname, in the early '70s as one-half of the manzai comedy duo The Two Beats, a fast-paced, cross-talk act that thrilled audiences with their off-color humor and satirical bite.
		He would also develop what has become the archetype Kitano persona, the taciturn but oddly likable antihero who is just as likely to speak with his fists as with his voice.
		During his recovery period Kitano played a small role in Takashi Ishii's Gonin (1995), where his hitman character sports a patch over his right eye, a real-life remnant of his brush with death.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+69645 (515 words)

	[KFCC] Takeshi Kitano Interview
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		He was one of the driving individuals that opened my eyes to the world of Japanese cinema, and has kept me coming back time and again with each new movie he directs or stars in.
		Kitano is an actor and director well known for his depiction of Japanese gangsters; however his talent extends much more beyond this realm, as movies like “Kikujiro” and “Dolls” prove that he has the capacity to depict compassion and love as well.
	www.kfccinema.com /features/interviews/kitano/kitano.html (3044 words)

	Midnight Eye review: Dolls (2002, Takeshi Kitano)
		After Kitano runs out of ideas for what trouble she can get in by wandering off on her own, he ties his leads together and allows them to drift away on a journey that seems partially inspired by Seijun Suzuki's callous disregard for plot in favour of really pretty shot composition.
		A violence filled flashback brings no real insight into the man, and the woman he pines for (60s Nikkatsu starlet Chieko Matsubara of Tokyo Drifter and Black Tight Killers fame), who has been bringing a lunch to the park every Saturday for forty years in horribly bright lipstick is less tragic than bone chillingly frightening.
		Kitano is a gifted enough filmmaker that even his failures are somewhat fascinating, and I'm sure few people will be able to resist rubbernecking at this road kill despite my words.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/dolls.shtml (675 words)

	Encyclopedia: Takeshi Kitano
		Kitano was reportedly disgusted by, and severely criticized, a former co-star Masashi Tashiro after the latter was prosecuted for peeping under a woman's skirt using a video camera, convicted of using stimulants twice (There are various criminals for Tashiro).
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Takeshi-Kitano (4420 words)

	Takeshi Kitano @ Filmbug
		Kitano has also appeared as an actor in films by other directors.
		Kitano was born in Tokyo in 1947 and entered show business in 1972 using the name Beat Takeshi, the stage name that he continues to use today as a performer.
		As 'Beat Takeshi' of the comic duo Two Beats, Kitano was one of the leading figures in bringing the manzai (stand-up comic duo) boom in the late 1970s.
	www.filmbug.com /db/294288 (426 words)

	The Two Beats: Takeshi Kitano Talks About His Populist Streak in "Zatoichi"
		Kitano: "Zatoichi" essentially has too much action, and too many killings and bloody scenes to be seen by a general audience.
		Kitano: The bottom line of a typical storyline in a typical period piece depicts the unsophisticated heartwarming feelings of ordinary folk.
		Kitano: It just takes time to be recognized equally in all these roles, a comedian, writer, TV presenter, director, etc. I had to spend a lot of energy and wait until people accepted me in Japan.
	www.indiewire.com /people/people_040722kitano.html (1725 words)

	Kitano Takeshi's Sonatine
		Kitano Takeshi, Japan's premier talento (i.e., actor, director, poet, painter, et al), has learned the hard way that this is as true for filmmakers as for gangsters.
		Kitano has made a film so deceptively careless that its deeper qualities can be easily overlooked.
		Kitano concentrates so much on faces, but they never show us much, at least not what we expect.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/10/sonatine.html (1143 words)

	Takeshi Kitano Fan Community - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano isn't only known for his crime films.
		Kitano's directing career almost ended on August 2, 1994, when he was involved in a near-fatal motorbike accident.
		Kitano is now in somewhat of a revival in Japan, the cult success of Battle Royale (1999) and Battle Royale II (2002)
	www.streamload.com /isamurai/kitano/bio.html (685 words)

	TIME Asia Magazine: Striking A New Beat -- Sep. 15, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano pricks an ear—and faster than a whirring Cuisinart, they're in pieces on the ground, and Kitano is wiping the blood from his blade.
		Kitano started the new Zatoichi by leaving his hair the decidedly unsamurai blond shade he'd recently dyed it.
		Kitano has also shifted the spotlight further away from the title character, giving his co-star, Asano, much of the film's focus.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030915-483348,00.html (1848 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Brother
		Kitano also shows that he hasn't lost his knack for creating likable characters with the minimum amount of dialogue possible.
		Kitano is one of the great living directors, and hopefully this film will get him more recognition in the western hemisphere.
		Brother follows disgraced Yakuza Yamamoto (Kitano), known as Aniki (big brother) for most of the film to LA where he plans to meet his little brother whom he sent to America many years ago when they left their orphanage.
	www.cityonfire.com /japanese/brother.html (874 words)

	Interview: The ultimate Renaissance man - interview with filmmaker Takeshi Kitano - Interview
		A fifty-one-year-old college dropout who broke into show business as a burlesque-theater elevator boy, Kitano is a ubiquitous, seven-nights-a-week TV personality in Japan - not to mention a superstar actor, best-selling novelist, sports commentator, and, recently, painter (which he took up while recovering from a near-fatal motorcycle accident).
		A bloody gunfight is as likely to occur inside a crowded elevator as it is to be shown in extreme long shot, illuminating the darkened rooms of a high-rise office suite like a distant electrical storm.
		Kitano's idea of a visual gag is the premature ejaculation of a machine gun concealed in a floral bouquet.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n3_v28/ai_20468513 (1512 words)

	The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Kitano Shrine is one of the most influential Shinto shrines in Japan, with ancillary relationships with more than four thousand shrines across the country.
		The text of the Kitano Tenjin Engi was compiled shortly before 1194 by an unknown author.
		An engi is a narrative that describes the origin of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine, and this account of the history of the Kitano Shrine is typical of the religious literature popular in medieval Japan.
	www.metmuseum.org /explore/kitanomaki/kitano_whatis.htm (284 words)

	Biography for Takeshi Kitano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kitano soon embarked on an acting career, and when the director of Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki (1989) fell ill, he took over that function as well.
		Takeshi Kitano was born in Tokyo in 1947 and entered show business in 1972 as "Beat" Takeshi, the stage name he continues to use today as a performer.
		As part of the comic duo Two Beats, Kitano was one of the leading figures in the manzai (stand-up comedy) boom in the late 1970s.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0001429/bio (988 words)

	Modern Japan - Famous Japanese - Kitano 'Beat' Takeshi
		The contrast between the image of Beat Takeshi, TV clown in Japan and that of Kitano Takeshi, acclaimed movie director abroad is striking.
		But it was Kitano's 1997 film Fireworks (Hanabi) which helped him finally cross the line and be recognized at home as a world-class director (poster).
		That Kitano not only managed to do that but also made the character his own speaks volumes about his creativity and confidence as a filmmaker.
	www.japan-zone.com /modern/kitano_takeshi.shtml (1127 words)

	The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003): Beat Takeshi, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Yui Natsukawa - PopMatters Film ...
		Kitano's version holds true to the character's everyman qualities, but recasts him in signature Beat Takeshi mode: taciturn, enigmatic...
		Kitano decided to keep his recently bleached coif, not only to differentiate himself from Katsu's Zatoichi, but also to give the film a more contemporary edge.
		Like Kitano's blonde hair, such moments remind us that this Zatoichi is not simply a period film intent on recapturing an "authentic" past, but a "remake," one step removed.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/b/blind-swordsman-zatoichi.shtml (1298 words)

	Kitano Takeshi No Eiga - Films directed by Takeshi Kitano - Sonatine (1993)
		The fact that they are all stereotypical caricatures reveals them to be more symbolic than individual, and it is significant that their beach games (shooting frisbees, fighting with fireworks and sumo-wrestling) echo the 'real' violence that is such a part of their lives.
		In this way, Kitano is letting us laugh and relax slightly, but is also reminding us that graphic violence is never far away.
		It is also the first Kitano film I ever saw and is quite readily available in the West.
	www.angelfire.com /rock2/larav/kitano/films/sonatine.html (377 words)

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