And the Beat goes on
TIFF 1996 Kitano Takeshi Symposium By Aaron Gerow [The Daily Yomiuri, October 3, 1996]
Kitano le Maitre-Fou
French critic Thierry Jousse writes about his love to Kitano [In French] By Thierry Jousse [Trafic n?25 Spring 1998]
Equinox Flower
Perhaps the most insightful comment to date on Hana-bi By Dave Kehr [Film Comment March/April 1998]
A Comedian Star is Born
A detailed account of Kitano's rise as comedian By Tomohiro Machiyama ["Beat Takeshi Kitano", Tadao Press Publications 1999, page 105-113]
Donald Richie on Takeshi Kitano
A line-out of Kitano Takeshi in relation to Japanese film By Donald Richie ["A Hundred Years of Japanese Film", 2001]
The Beat Goes On
A very detailed portrait of Kitano By Hiroko Tashiro [TIME Asia, February 5, 2001]
Brother
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About the cinematography of Brother [InCamera April 2001]
Reigniting Japanese Tradition with Hana-Bi
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An interrogation of Hana-Bi for its appropriation of traditional Japanese iconography and its insertion into a global marketplace for Asian auteur-gangster films By Darrell William Davis [Cinema Journal 40, No. 4, Summer 2001]
Striking a new Beat
Background on Kitano's Zatoichi By Michiko Toyama [TIME Asia, September 15, 2003]
Blood, Guns and Baseball
An essay about the themes and techniques in his films By Dobromir Harrison [2004]
Global Village
Cinematograph Yanagishima and lighting director Takaya talks about shooting Zatoichi By John Pavlus [American Cinematographer, June 2004]
The Empty Chair
An alternative interpretation of Brother By Henrik Sylow [October 2004]
Five questions by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese asks Kitano Takeshi five questions about cinema By Martin Scorsese [Cahiers du Cin?ma 500/March 1996]
The Harder Way
A commentary on Kids Return and an interview with Kitano Takeshi about the film and its elements By Tony Rayns [Sight & Sound 6/1996]
Hana Bi
A conversation with Kitano about Hana-Bi [In French] By Michel Ciment [Positif n? 441: November 1997]
Silent Running
A conversation with Kitano Takeshi about Hana-Bi By Tony Rayns [Sight & Sound 12/1997]
Monsieur Joe
A conversation with composer Joe Hisaishi about working with Kitano By St?phane Lacombe [HK n? 5: December 1997]
Flowers and Fire
A set report for Hana-Bi By Tony Rayns [Sight & Sound 12/1997]
The Ultimate Renaissance Man
A very personal and down to earth interview with Kitano Takeshi about Hana-Bi and cinema in general By Jim Hoberman [Village Voice March 1998]
Takeshi Kitano
An interview with Kitano Takeshi about his career and cinema By Mark Schilling ["Contemporary Japanese Film", July 1998]
The Debut of Kitano
An interview about Kitano's debut as a director By Chris Dafoe [1999]
Takeshi Kitano
An interview with Kitano Takeshi about his motifs, style and Kikujiro By Dirk Jaspers [Filmstar.de, 1999]
Papa Yakuza
A conversation about Kikujiro By Tony Rayns [Sight & Sound 6/1999]
To die in America
An interview about Brother By Tony Rayns [Sight and Sound 4/2001]
In the Heart of Love
A conversation with Kitano about Dolls [In French] By Michel Ciment [Positif n?506: April 2003]
Puppet Love
An interview with Kitano Takeshi about Dolls and its elements By Tony Rayns [Sight & Sound 6/2003]
Swordplay like bowling in cricket
A conversation about Zatoichi with a very casual "Beat" Takeshi and Mori Masayuki By Tony Rayns [Sight and Sound 11/2003]
Creer un Tempo
An in-depth and insightful interview about the production of Zatoichi By Michel Ciment [Positif n?513 Novembre 2003]
The Kitano Talkshow (IFFR 04)
Tony Rayns hosts this traditional and very entertaining talk-show with Kitano Taskeshi, who talks about Zatoichi and many other things By Sato Yuu[kitanotakeshi.com 01/2004]
Kitano at the IFFR 04
Kitano Taskeshi talks about Zatoichi and being a director in his first fan-only interview By Henrik Sylow [kitanotakeshi.com, January 23, 2004]
Getting Any? - An Interview
"Beat" Takeshi talks about Getting Any? in a both personal and very humorous interview By Zilli [kitanotakeshi.com 06/2004]
Kitano in London
A very informative and intertaining interview with Kitano Takeshi about Zatoichi By Matthew Turner [kitanotakeshi.com 07/2004]
Blind Fury
A conversation with Kitano about Zatoichi By Stephen Apllebaum [total DVD number 65 07/2004]
Takeshi Kitano
Daisuke Nishimura talks with Kitano about why his cinema is so unique and about why his films differ. By Daisuke Nishimura [Tokion number 46 March/April 2005]
Kitano in Paris
Henrik Sylow talks with Kitano Taskeshi about Takeshis'
By Henrik Sylow [September 1, 2005]
