Biografia

Short quick bursts of violence

Always a scene by the sea

His cool poker face

Long still shots of characters, usually to introduce them

Frequently casts or works alongside his best friend, Susumu Terajima

His Father's name was Kikujiro. Kitano admitted that his father spoke to him three times in his life. In 1979, Kitano's father passed away. In an rare interview, Kitano said that the last words of his father had been, "I'm sorry.".

Has written over fifty books, including volumes of film criticism and novels.

Before becoming a filmmaker, he was once a boxer and a tap dancer.

Due to heavy damage suffered in a motorbike incident, he was subjected of an aestetic surgical action involving his entire face.

A fan of the French director Jean-Pierre Melville.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

I wanted to make a movie that can't be pigeonholed. I want audiences to come out of this film not knowing what to say or what to think. [on making Takeshis' (2005)]

The film is ambiguous, an ambiguity that reflects on Japan today, and a world in which nothing is clear. Once I made the film [Takeshis' (2005)], I realized it was about this feeling of vague disquiet in Japan and in the rest of the world, a feeling that is gaining on us, getting less vague.

I don't like the way Tarantino treats violence. Pulp Fiction (1994) doesn't show realistic violence, but to show violence realistically, you need stamina. It's not easy.

We've all had those nightmares. But individuals don't make war. Society makes war.