Takeshis'

Sep 2, 2005

1h 48m

★ 6.1

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

dentsu Music and Entertainment

TV Asahi

Office Kitano

Bandai Visual

Tokyo FM

Takeshis' Trailers

Cast

Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor

Kotomi Kyōno

Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer

Kayoko Kishimoto

Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver

Ren Osugi

Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor

Susumu Terajima

TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor

Tetsu Watanabe

Self

Akihiro Miwa

Film Studios Tattooist

Naomasa Musaka

Film Crew Member close to the Director

Koichi Ueda

Film Director

Kanji Tsuda

Assistant at Audition

Makoto Ashikawa

Tamotsu Ishibashi

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