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The ultimate Renaissance man - interview with filmmaker Takeshi Kitano - Interview from Interview in Arts provided free by LookSmart Find Articles.

Extensive career-spanning retrospective from the British Film Institute.

Long profile and selected filmography for Takeshi Kitano. A series of fortunate coincidences paved the way for Takeshi Kitano’s rise to supreme cult status. Expelled from school, he... Trader status

The life and work of film director Kenji Mizoguchi, one of the three undisputed masters from the golden age of Japanese cinema.