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Takeshi Kitano Archive
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![There’s the feeling, watching Takeshi Kitano’s films, that the man is either a cheerful pessimist, or he regards ambition as an inherent evil. Playfulness is the sole virtue of his […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kidsreturn-115x115.jpg "Kids Return")
Kids Return
Posted on March 29, 2005 | No CommentsThere’s the feeling, watching Takeshi Kitano’s films, that the man is either a cheerful pessimist, or he regards ambition as an inherent evil. Playfulness is the sole virtue of his […] -
![Fireworks is the first Takeshi Kitano film I knew about. I remember seeing the ad, when Joe and I saw the revival of Mean Streets at the Nuart. The trailer […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Fireworks")
Fireworks
Posted on March 29, 2005 | No CommentsFireworks is the first Takeshi Kitano film I knew about. I remember seeing the ad, when Joe and I saw the revival of Mean Streets at the Nuart. The trailer […] -
![Zatoichi is Kitano’s bloodiest and most accessible film. It’s about a blind swordsman who wanders the countryside, performing acts of heroism. Kitano uses stock elements of chambara (the samurai period […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/zatoichi-115x115.jpg "Zatoichi")
Zatoichi
Posted on March 29, 2005 | No CommentsZatoichi is Kitano’s bloodiest and most accessible film. It’s about a blind swordsman who wanders the countryside, performing acts of heroism. Kitano uses stock elements of chambara (the samurai period […] -
A Scene At The Sea
Posted on November 27, 2004 | No CommentsAnd now for something completely different… From Takeshi Kitano, whose two films previous are violent, angry and disjointed, comes the slow, nearly eventless story of a deaf boy who wants […] -
Boiling Point
Posted on August 5, 2004 | No CommentsBoiling Point feels like a coming-of-age movie that sidesteps the Yakuza flick. It also feels like a gangster flick with a number of longeurs about a young boy who is […] -
![He’s not a hero. That’s clear from the outset. Violent Cop opens with a group of teens beating a homeless man. They run over his head with bikes. Azuma (“Beat” […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/violentcop-115x115.jpg "Violent Cop")
Violent Cop
Posted on August 2, 2004 | No CommentsHe’s not a hero. That’s clear from the outset. Violent Cop opens with a group of teens beating a homeless man. They run over his head with bikes. Azuma (“Beat” […]