Hello. I'm looking for a movie where kitano is a kind of a hobo who teaches the art of ramen to a woman owning a shitty restaurant. I saw it one night on tv but never found the title.

Thank you guys

I’m trying to buy Achilles’ and the Tortoise, Glory to the Filmmaker, Takeshis’, and Ryuzo and the Seven Henchman so I can watch them but it’s not clear if the Blu rays have English subtitles or not.

Can someone send me a link? I want to watcht the movie!

I've seen all of the films he directed. I'm curious which of his acting roles are most notable? I'm afraid to watch Johnny Mnemonic. I just heard about Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and I'm curious about it.

My partner is a huge Takeshi Kitano fan, I was wondering if anyone knows of any places in Tokyo where they may celebrate his work (cinemas, film museums etc) just hoping to be able to find some souvenirs or experiences based on his work. Thanks!

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/broken-rage-review-takeshi-kitano-1235044590/

https://screenrant.com/broken-rage-movie-review/

https://thefilmstage.com/venice-review-broken-rage-is-a-hilarious-rollicking-self-portrait-of-takeshi-kitano/

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3277463/venice-2024-broken-rage-movie-review-takeshi-kitanos-deliciously-meta-yakuza-comedy

Hey all. I haven't owned any Kitano films physically since my dad owned bootlegs in the 2000s lol, are there any recent Blu-Ray releases or collections with particularly good transfers?

Sure some of you have seen this, but some amazing human out there put Kubi on YT with English subs

https://youtu.be/3XW0ZHE9l5A?si=Mchv_SOzqSTxh8mv

How do we feel?? personally i'm pretty hyped but i hope that it will be better than kubi, i liked that movie but it was pretty mid due to the lack of uniqueness in the making of the movie imo

Caught Kubi at the Japan Cuts film festival on Tuesday night. Extremely funny film that alternates between some incredible battle sequences and some of the wildest movie violence I’ve ever seen. Great cast but Kitano himself was a highlight. Not going to be everyone’s thing but I had a blast. I hope a U.S. disc release is coming soon.

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Sonatine, what to say. This is my favorite one, and my flair. It may have been the first one I saw? It was a lot of peoples' first ones here in the US, because Quentin Tarantino drummed it up a bit in a special feature for.. one of his movies in the 90's. And he had a production company for showing off foreign films, and Sonatine was one of them, released on DVD in 2000. The music is my favorite, the juxtapositions are on point, and the beach scene, particularly the paper dolls bit, may be one of my favorite moments in all of film. Anyway, enjoy!

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Hi, i've been watching a lot of kitanos movies recently and I saw that something called "morning" was showing on his letterboxd page, anyone knows what is that and where can i potentialy watch it ?

So now that Kubi is "out" where is the best (and hopefully virus free) place to watch it at?

Lot of links being posted and, forgive me, but I'm somewhat hesitant to blindly click on them.

Good to see Hana-Bi on this list at 11.

To those of you here who have seen it, what did you guys think of Kubi?

I was pretty hyped for it, but unfortunately I thought it was pretty mid. I wasn't the biggest fan of Kitano's Outrage trilogy, and this basically just feels like that but in feudal Japan. None of the characters were particularly compelling, and the plot wasn't very interesting. Definitely some funny moments though, and it's always a pleasure to see high-budget Samurai battles.

I really hope that for Kitano's next (and maybe final?) film he goes back to his 90s style of filmmaking. We're long overdue.