Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano's rise from working-class po...
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"Featured on the Brother DVD, this documentary is a bit like the film itself in how it was planned to be an introduction for a wider audience to Kitano who is still very much a cult figure in the West even if he is very well known in Japan. As such the documentary is quite interesting in the way it provides a general summary of the man and his career but will not stand up for those looking for a more intelligent or insightful look at his work. I was somewhere in the middle when I watched this because I was aware of Kitano from many sources but was also just starting to watch his films again ha..."
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First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano's rise from working-class po...