Glory to the Filmmaker!
Jun 02 2007
•2h 48m
•Drama, Comedy
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Cast
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Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
Tohru Emori
Higashi Oizumi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Kumiko
Anne Suzuki
Kimiko
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