FILM DIRECTOR

Takeshi Kitano

1947 - Today

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Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi) in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. During his time as a student at Meiji University, he became a comedian at the strip theater France-za in Asakusa, Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeshi Kitano has received more than 3,577,842 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Takeshi Kitano is the 51st most popular film director, the 45th most popular biography from Japan (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese actor, comedian, director, author, television presenter, and screenwriter. He has been called "the enfant terrible of Japanese cinema" and "the most significant Japanese filmmaker since Akira Kurosawa."

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Takeshi Kitano ranks 51 out of 2,041. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Yasujirō Ozu, Roberto Rossellini, Isao Takahata, Emir Kusturica, and Alan Parker. After him are Oliver Stone, Michael Haneke, Tony Scott, Luc Besson, Paul Verhoeven, and Brian De Palma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Takeshi Kitano ranks 21. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh, Salman Rushdie, James Hunt, Shirin Ebadi, Mario Draghi, and Paul Auster. After him are Megawati Sukarnoputri, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Paco de Lucía, Michael Porter, O. J. Simpson, and France Gall.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Kitano ranks 45 out of 6,245. Before him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Hiroshige (1797), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Takeda Shingen (1521). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Soichiro Honda (1906), Olivia de Havilland (1916), and Chūichi Nagumo (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Takeshi Kitano ranks 5. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), and Isao Takahata (1935). After him are Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Shohei Imamura (1926), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hideaki Anno (1960), and Franklin J. Schaffner (1920).

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