TOKYO — Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film “Kubi” to show the world of samurai in ways that mainstream movies have rarely done before, by portraying the homosexual, ...

"If you work with us, we'll let you off the hook." Prime Video in Japan has revealed a trailer for Broken Rage, a unique Takeshi Kitano film ready for release on streaming in the next few months. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Japanese director Takeshi Kitano poses for portraits for the film "Outrage Coda" at the 74th edition of the Venice Film ...

Kadokawa/T.N Gon Co. Two Japanese films by internationally renowned auteurs — “Monster” by Koreeda Hirokazu and “Kubi” by Kitano Takeshi — are in the Cannes lineup this year, and both carry with them ...

Leading Japanese film studio Kadokawa has picked up all rights to “Kubi,” the upcoming film by Kitano Takeshi which will have its premiere out of competition in Cannes. Kadokawa will handle both the ...

But there’s still enough “Beat” in Kitano for him to retain his impish streak. In “The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi,” more so than any other Kitano film save for the little-known “Getting Any?,” a gag is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Takeshi Kitano’s new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story without heroes, mercilessly portraying human greed, betrayal and cruelty. Kitano, awarded ...

FILE - Japanese director Takeshi Kitano poses for portraits for the film "Outrage Coda" at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy on Sept. 8, 2017. Kitanos new film, premiering ...

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