Takeshi Kitano in Kantoku · Banzai! (2007)

Kantoku · Banzai!

Movie2007• 1h 48m
ComedyDrama
⭐ 6.3 / 10(2,338)

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

Runtime
1h 48m
Released
2007
Country
Japan

Details

Release year: 2007

Storyline

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

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Did you know

• In the first scenes/credits of this movie, the Takeshi Kitano's stunt doll is submitted to some medical examinations. When the results are shown on the technicians' screens, the patient name constantly changes from result to result. The names refer to some Masters of the Japanese Cinema and their birth/death dates.

• Takeshi Kitano has described this film as part of the ongoing "creative destruction" of his career, which began in 2005 with Takeshis' (2005).

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

Glory Bound

👍 3 · 5/9/2010
⭐ 7/10

Satire from Kitano

👍 3 · 9/14/2007
⭐ 7/10

A notch above kitsch

👍 8 · 11/25/2007

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color, Black and White
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