Dolls
(2002) [M]

Cult director Takeshi Kitano weaves together three visually stunning and deeply touching stories of undying love inspired by traditional Japanese bunraku puppet theatre. The first concerns a rising young executive who turned his back on his girlfriend in pursuit of his career. After a failed...  More

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)
(1997) [MA]

Winner of the top prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in 1997, Hana-Bi is a lyrical tale of guilt, death and loyalty from acclaimed director Takeshi Kitano. One of Japan's biggest stars, Kitano is best known in the UK for his films Sonatine and Violent Cop. This film confirms his status...  More

Brother
(2000) [R]

A film by Takeshi Kitano, the director of Hana-Bi, Violent Cop and Boiling Point. In Japan, the sworn brotherhood of the Yakuza is described as being "thicker than the blood of kindred brothers". With his life under threat, disgraced Yakuza hard man Yamamoto (Takeshi) escapes to Los Angeles in...  More

Violent Cop
(1989) [R]

Violent Cop is the explosive and critically acclaimed directorial debut from Japanese master film maker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Azuma- a vicious detective who deals out harsh justice with an iron fist- Dirty Harry style. Investigating a drug dealer's murder, Azuma and rookie detective...  More

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
(2003) [MA]

Zatoichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatoichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a...  More

Sonatine
(1993) [MA]

SONATINE is a masterwork from legendary writer, actor and director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Murakawa, a yakuza chief sent to Okinawa to settle a dispute between two factions. Several of his men die is suspicious circumstances so Murakawa and the rest of the gang retreat to a remote beach house...  More

Boiling Point
(1990) [M]

In Takeshi Kitano's quirky second film, Masaki (Masahiko Ono), a quiet baseball-playing gas station attendant, runs into trouble with the local yakuza. Masaki's baseball coach, Iguchi (Takahito Iguchi), turns out to be a former yakuza and attempts to straighten out the situation but only winds up...  More

Takeshis'
(2006) [MA]

Beat Takeshi lives the busy, and sometimes surreal, life of a show biz celebrity. But his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, is still an unknown actor waiting for his big break. After crossing paths with Beat and a series of frustrating auditions, Kitano seems to...  More

Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (To Each His Own Cinema)
(2007) [M]

Chacun son Cinema: to each his own cinema. To each his own tale about the most lyrical, emotive and textual of art forms, To celebrate the 60th birthday of Cannes, the world's premier film festival, festival director Gilles Jacob approached 33 of cinema's greatest talents, asking them to make a...  More

Outrage
(2010) [MA]

After an absence of over a decade, Outrage signals Takeshi Kitano's triumphant return to the gangster genre.

The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.  More