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This book will explore these issues of auteurship and stardom in the films of Kitano Takeshi especially as they relate to problems of personal and national identity in a Japan confronting an age of globalization. Starting in his early days as one side of a stand-up comedy duo, Kitano has used pairs throughout his films to deftly play out a liminal space between cinema and television, traditional and modern, Japan and the world.

Combining a detailed account of the situation in Japanese film and criticism with unique close analyses of Kitano's films from Violent Cop to Takeshis, the author, a renowned expert on Japanese cinema who himself participated in the debates about Kitano in Japan, relates the director to issues of contemporary cinema, Japanese national identity, and globalism Includes bibliographical references pages and index Includes filmography: pages Introducing two Takeshis -- Part I.

Kitano Takeshi : the auteur -- Part II. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Aya Kokumai as Miyuki. Masanobu Katsumura as Ryoji. Susumu Terashima as Ken. Ren Ohsugi as Katagiri. Reviews Sonatine. Roger Ebert April 17, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Memoria Brian Tallerico. Silent Night Christy Lemire. Parallel Mothers Christy Lemire. Landscapers Brian Tallerico. The Tender Bar Odie Henderson.

Benedetta Brian Tallerico. Film Credits. Sure, the general plot elements are there extortion, torture, double-crossing, and murder but that's not all the movie's about. The film charts the fading "career" of veteran mobster Murakawa Takeshi Kitano , as he is sent on a mercy mission to restore order to a gang war that has erupted in Okinawa.

Murakawa and his men soon discover that this assignment was nothing more than a ruse to get rid of him and muscle in on his turf back in Japan. Ambushed and abandoned, Murakawa and his cronies end up retreating to a beach house to await their next move. It is during these beach scenes that the film really shifts in tone. With a sense of whimsy virtually unheard of in this genre, the down-and-out Yakuza play a myriad of childish games.

From sumo wrestling to setting sand traps, from playing Frisbee to a chilling game of Russian roulette, these boys know how to have fun.