- Directing films
- 21
- Directing avg
- 6.90
- Peak run
- 1997’03
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Takeshi by the numbers
Average
6.90
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.96
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
36y
1989 to 2024
Total votes
7K
across every film
Best
7.7
Fireworks
Worst
6.9
Outrage
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  Broken Rage | 6.6 | 101 |
| 2023 |  Kubi | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2017 |  Outrage Coda | 6.8 | 190 |
| 2015 |  Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2012 |  Beyond Outrage | 7.0 | 286 |
| 2010 |  Outrage | 6.9 | 474 |
| 2008 |  Achilles and the Tortoise | 7.0 | 111 |
| 2007 |  To Each His Own Cinema | 6.4 | 163 |
| 2007 |  Glory to the Filmmaker! | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2005 |  Takeshis' | 6.1 | 92 |
| 2003 |  Zatoichi | 7.2 | 998 |
| 2002 |  Dolls | 7.5 | 381 |
| 2000 |  Brother | 7.1 | 548 |
| 1999 |  Kikujiro | 7.5 | 622 |
| 1997 |  Fireworks | 7.7 | 814 |
| 1996 |  Kids Return | 6.9 | 347 |
| 1995 |  Getting Any? | 5.8 | 91 |
| 1993 |  Sonatine | 7.5 | 714 |
| 1991 |  A Scene at the Sea | 7.5 | 233 |
| 1990 |  Boiling Point | 6.9 | 228 |
Better together?
Takeshi Kitano's regulars
- Katsumi YanagijimaCinematographer · 16 films · 6.89 avg
- Joe HisaishiComposer · 7 films · 7.39 avg
- Susumu TerajimaDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.18 avg▲+0.35
- Keiichi SuzukiComposer · 5 films · 6.82 avg
- Ren OsugiDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.77 avg●−0.01
- Susumu TerajimaCo-star · 4 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.38
- Kayoko KishimotoDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▼−0.05
- Kayoko KishimotoCo-star · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.06
- Tadanobu AsanoCo-star · 4 films · 6.83 avg▲+0.11
- Tetsu WatanabeDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.23
- Ryo KaseDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.94 avg▲+0.05
- Ryo KaseCo-star · 3 films · 6.94 avg▲+0.16
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Takeshi Kitano and Katsumi Yanagijima movies · Takeshi Kitano and Joe Hisaishi movies · Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima movies · Takeshi Kitano and Keiichi Suzuki movies
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