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 ...

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.