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Ghost in the Shell

U.S. 2017. Science-fiction by Rupert Sanders with Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Pilou Asbaek. Having miraculously survived a terrible accident, a woman is transformed into a cyborg and assigned to an elite police department.

Runtime: 120 min.

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Outrage Coda

V.O.: Autoreiji sai shūsho

Jap. 2017. Thriller by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Sansei Shiomi. Five years after surviving a bloody gang war, a former yakuza boss expatriated to South Korea is forced to return to Japan to save his boss.

Runtime: 104 min.

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While the Women Are Sleeping

Jap. 2016. Drama by Wayne Wang with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takeshi Kitano, Shiori Kutsuna. On vacation at a seaside resort, a writer in search of inspiration is fascinated by the presence of an old man accompanied by a very young woman in the hotel.

Runtime: 103 min.

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Outrage Beyond

V.O.: Autoreiji: Biyondo

Jap. 2012. by Takeshi Kitano with Beat Takeshi.

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Outrage

V.O.: Autoreiji

Jap. 2010. Thriller by Takeshi Kitano with Beat Takeshi, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase.

Runtime: 109 min.

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Achilles and the Tortoise

V.O.: Akiresu to kame

Jap. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano.

Runtime: 119 min.

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To Each His Own Cinema

V.O.: Chacun son cinéma

Fr. 2007. Sketches by collectif with Émilie Dequenne, Jérémie Segard, David Cronenberg. Thirty-four short stories about the state of international cinema.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Takeshis'

Jap. 2005. Dramatic comedy by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto. The tragicomic misadventures of a doppelganger of the Japanese movie star Beat Takeshi.

Runtime: 108 min.

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Blood and Bones

V.O.: Chi to hone

Jap. 2004. Mores drama by Yoichi Sai with Takeshi Kitano, Hirofumi Arai, Tomoko Tabata. The life of a modest Korean peasant who left to make his fortune in Japan in 1923 and became a powerful businessman and an abominable tyrant.

Runtime: 140 min.

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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

V.O.: Zatôichi

Jap. 2003. Adventures by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ogusu. In the 19th century, a former samurai who has gone blind fights a powerful gang to help two geisha avenge the death of their parents.

Runtime: 116 min.

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Dolls

Jap. 2002. Sentimental drama by Takeshi Kitano with Miho Kanno, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Fukada. Follows three stories of unhappy love inspired by a Bunraku puppet show over many seasons.

Runtime: 109 min.

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Brother

Jap. 2000. Thriller by Takeshi Kitano with Beat Takeshi, Omar Epps, Claude Maki. A yakuza in exile provokes a war between mafia clans in Los Angeles.

Runtime: 114 min.

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Battle Royale

V.O.: Batoru rowaiaru

Jap. 2000. Thriller by Kinji Fukasaku with Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano. In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Runtime: 114 min.

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Taboo

V.O.: Gohatto

Jap. 1999. Mores drama by Nagisa Ôshima with Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda. The delicate beauty of a warrior belonging to the shogun's militia triggers dissension and jealousy among the elite troop.

Runtime: 100 min.

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Kikujiro

V.O.: Kikujiro no natsu

Jap. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto. A gruff, scheming 50-year-old becomes the travelling companion of a child in search of his mother.

Runtime: 122 min.

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Fireworks

V.O.: Hana-Bi

Jap. 1997. Crime drama by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi. Harassed by gangsters, a cop with a checkered past commits a robbery to take a trip with his dying wife.

Runtime: 103 min.

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Kids Return

V.O.: Kizzu ritân

Jap. 1996. Dramatic comedy by Takeshi Kitano with Masanobu Ando, Ken Kanedo, Leo Morimoto.

Runtime: 107 min.

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Sonatine

Jap. 1993. Crime drama by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe. The leader of a yakuza group waits with his men at the seaside for the possible resumption of a bloody gang war.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

G.-B. 1983. War drama by Nagisa Ôshima with David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tom Conti. The difficult relationships between English prisoners of war and their Japanese jailers.

Runtime: 123 min.