Awards & Winners

Takeshi Kitano

Date of Birth 18-January-1947
Place of Birth Adachi
(Kantō region, Tokyo)
Nationality Japan
Also know as Beat Takeshi, Bito Takeshi, 'Bîto' Takeshi, Bîto Takeshi, 'Beat' Takeshi, Takeshi, Take-chan, 北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, ビートたけし, きたの たけし, 立川錦之助, TakaC
Profession Film Producer, Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Editor, Author, Presenter, Comedian, Singer
Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his idiosyncratic cinematic work. Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa once dubbed him "the true successor" to the influential filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the name Beat Takeshi. Since April 2005, he has been a professor at the Graduate School of Visual Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Kitano owns his own talent agency and production company, Office Kitano, which launched Tokyo Filmex in 2000. Some of Kitano's earlier films are dramas about Yakuza gangsters or the police. Described by critics as using an acting style that is highly deadpan or a camera style that approaches near-stasis, Kitano often uses long takes where little appears to be happening, or editing that cuts immediately to the aftermath of an event. Many of his films express a bleak or nihilistic philosophy, but they are also filled with humor and affection for their characters. Kitano's films leave paradoxical impressions and can seem controversial. The Japanese public knows him primarily as a TV host and comedian. He hosts a weekly television program called Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle, a kind of panel discussion among entertainers and politicians regarding controversial current events.

Awards by Takeshi Kitano

Check all the awards nominated and won by Takeshi Kitano.

2012


Asian Film Award for Best Director
Honored for : Beyond Outrage
(Japan)

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Asian Film Award for Best Director Beyond Outrage
Japan
Asian Film Award for Best Editor Beyond Outrage
Japan

2004


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Honored for : Zat?ichi

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Zat?ichi
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing Zat?ichi

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen International Award Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Kikujir? no Natsu

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Fireworks
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year Fireworks
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year Fireworks
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Fireworks
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Fireworks
Country: Japan
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing Fireworks

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Foreign Film Fireworks

1997


Golden Lion
Honored for : Fireworks
Screen International Award
Honored for : Fireworks

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen International Award Fireworks

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year A Scene at the Sea
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year A Scene at the Sea
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year A Scene at the Sea
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing A Scene at the Sea

1990


Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award
Honored for : Violent Cop

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Violent Cop

1986


Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award
Honored for : Kanashii kibun de joke
(Most Popular Performer)

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Yasha

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence