In many ways, Takeshi Kitano is perhaps as close to a one man machine as you will find in the filmmaking business. As is generally the case with most of his films, Kitano wrote, edited directed and ...

All gangster movies are alike. All great gangster movies are even more alike. In “Outrage,” Japanese auteur Takeshi “Beat” Kitano completes a trilogy of gangster movies (“Sonatine,” and “Fireworks” ...

Actor-director Takeshi Kitano enjoyed a strong run on the international circuit in the 1990s, when films such as “Fireworks” and “Sonatine” showed off his heady ability to mix tenderness and violence.