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Beat Takeshi

Given name (in kanji): ビートたけし
Birth name: Takeshi (武) Kitano (北野)
Also known as:
Takeshi Kitano
Date of birth: 1947-01-18
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: O
Non-anime roles:
Aniki Yamamoto in "Brother" (movie)
Count Takeshi in "Takeshi's Castle (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge)" (TV) (Japanese)
Kikujiro in "Kikujiro no natsu" (Movie)
Takahashi in "Johnny Mnemonic" (movie)
Toru Hirose in "Yakuza 6" (VG) (Japanese)
Writer, Director, Aniki Murakawa in "Sonatine" (movie) (Japanese)
Zatôichi in "Zatôichi" (movie) (Japanese)
Non-anime staff credits:
Director for "Dolls" (live-action anthology)
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Studio Ghibli News (Feb 22, 2001)
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Staff in:
(under the name of Takeshi Kitano)
A Lull in the Sea (TV) : Editing Assistant
Perfect Blue (movie) : General Producer (as Takeshi Washitani) 

Cast in:
Battle Royale (live-action movie) as Kitano
Battle Royale II: Requiem (live-action movie) as Kitano
Ghost in the Shell (live-action movie) as Daisuke Aramaki
Gurazeni: Money Pitch (TV) as Beat Takeshi (ep 12)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (live-action TV drama) as Takeshi Kitano (ep 1)
Makoto-chan (movie) as Beat Takeshi

Cast in:
(English version)
(under the name of Takeshi Kitano)
Ghost in the Shell (live-action movie) as Daisuke Aramaki
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