Comedy Drama Fantasy
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Written by
Takeshi Kitano
Kanji Tsuda
Film Director
Tetsu Watanabe
TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
Taichi Saotome
Young Man
Takashi Nishina
Naomasa Musaka
Film Studios Tattooist
Tadanobu Asano
Tamotsu Ishibashi
Makoto Ashikawa
Assistant at Audition
Ren Osugi
Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
Gambino Kobayashi
Mari Hayashida
Susumu Terajima
Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
Kayoko Kishimoto
Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer
Toshi
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Light Man in Film Crew / Audition Juror / Client at Bank
Koichi Ueda
Film Crew Member close to the Director
Akihiro Miwa
Self
Kotomi Kyōno
Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor
Beat Kiyoshi
Akira Kubo
Masahiro Sumiyoshi
Takagi Junya
Self
Jonathan Legg
American Soldier
Jinta Nishizawa
Takayuki Katô
Shûji Ôtsuki
Taigi Kobayashi
Junichi Kikawa

Your rating