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Takeshis' (2005)

Takeshis' (2005)

Drama Comedy Fantasy

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

Release Date: 2005, September 2
Directors: Takeshi Kitano
Countries: Japan
Production: dentsu Music and Entertainment, TV Asahi, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM
Cast: Akihiro Miwa, Tetsu Watanabe, Makoto Ashikawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Naomasa Musaka, Taichi Saotome, Kanji Tsuda, Ren Osugi, Koichi Ueda, Susumu Terajima, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kotomi Kyono

Overview:

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.

Keywords:

self-referential hallucination metafiction meta surrealism surreal celebrity semi autobiographical doppelgänger