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Takeshi Kitano Biography

Birth Name:Takeshi Kitano

Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan

Profession Actor, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Art department

Awards

  • 1984Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 1984Mainichi Film Concours-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 1986Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 1989Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best New Talent: winner
  • 1990Popularity Award-Most Popular Performer: winner
  • 1990Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Actor: nominated
  • 1990Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
  • 1991Tokyo Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 1991Special Mention-Feature Film: winner
  • 1991Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 1992Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1992Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1992Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Editing: nominated
  • 1992Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1992Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1992Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1992Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 1992Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
  • 1993Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 1993Golden Charybdis-: winner
  • 1995Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1995Critics Award-: winner
  • 1996SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
  • 1996Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1997Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1997Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1997Screen International Award-: winner
  • 1997Japanese Professional Movie Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1997Silver Screen Award-Best Asian Feature Film: nominated
  • 1997Critics Award-: winner
  • 1997Golden Lion-: winner
  • 1998César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 1998Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 1998Hochi Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1999NETPAC Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 1999NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Actor: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Editing: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Blue Ribbon Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 1999Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1999Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1999Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1999CFCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 1999Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1999Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1999Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1999Golden Aries-Best Foreign Actor: winner
  • 1999Golden Aries-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1999Best Actor-: winner
  • 1999Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 1999FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2000Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2000Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2000Golden Aries-Best Foreign Actor: nominated
  • 2002Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 2003Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2003Golden Award-: winner
  • 2003Screen International Award-: nominated
  • 2003Golden Star-: nominated
  • 2003Best Director-: winner
  • 2003Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2003Best Film-: winner
  • 2003People's Choice Award-: winner
  • 2003Future Film Festival Digital Award-: winner
  • 2003Audience Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2003Silver Lion-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
  • 2003Open Prize-: winner
  • 2004NETPAC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2004NETPAC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2004NETPAC Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2004Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Editing: winner
  • 2004Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2004Audience Award-: winner
  • 2004Readers' Choice Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2004Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2005Kinema Junpo Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2005Mainichi Film Concours-Best Actor: winner
  • 2005Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Jury Award-Best International Film: nominated
  • 2008Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 2009Audience Award-: winner
  • 2010Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2012Black Pearl Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
  • 2012Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 2013Asian Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2013Asian Film Award-Best Editor: nominated
  • 2013Best Film-: nominated
  • 2013Nippon Cinema Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2016Nippon Cinema Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2017Ishihara Yujiro Award-: winner
  • 2017People's Choice Award-Gala-Best Film: nominated
  • 2018Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2018Netpac Award-: nominated
  • 2023Queer Palm-: nominated
  • 2023Official Fantàstic Competition-Best Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2024Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2024Nippon Cinema Award-Best Film: nominated