is a 2021 Japanese film written and directed by Gekidan Hitori and starring

Yo Oizumi is a Japanese actor, comedian, television personality and voice actor. He is a member of the theatrical and musical unit TEAM NACS, and is represented by Creative Office Cue. His wife Kumiko Nakajima is a drama producer at Fuji TV. In 1995, ...

and

Yuya Yagira is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed '' Nobody Knows''. Career Yagira was 12 years old and not a professional ...

. It is a

biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and histo ...

based on the apprenticeship of

Takeshi Kitano , also known as in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. During hi ...

by Senzaburo Fukami, and adapted from Kitano's 1988 memoir of the same name.

Cast

as Senzaburo Fukami *

(Beat Takeshi) *

Mugi Kadowaki is a Japanese actress. Biography In 2011, Kadowaki debuted in the television drama ''Misaki Number One!!''. At the time of her debut she was signed to Blooming Agency. In 2013, Kadowaki became a hot topic because of a commercial for "Chocola B ...

as Chiharu * Nobuyuki Tsuchiya as Beat Kiyoshi * Ayumu Nakajima * Yūsuke Furusawa * Nana Komaki * Yōko Ōshima * Hiroyuki Onoue as Hachiro Azuma *

Morio Kazama is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for ''Shiki Natsuko'' and '' Yūgure made'' and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. Filmography Films * '' Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji'' (19 ...

as Jun Tayama *

Honami Suzuki is a Japanese actress. Career Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama ''Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa'' (TBS, 1986). Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television ad ...

as Mari Fukami

References

External links

* * {{Takeshi Kitano 2021 biographical drama films Japanese biographical drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Netflix original films Takeshi's Castle Takeshi Kitano