Synopsis
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Takeshi KitanoDirector
- Takeshi KitanoWriter
- NagiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takeshi KitanoBeat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
- Kotomi KyonoTakeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor
- Kayoko KishimotoMahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer
- Ren OsugiTakeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
- Susumu TerajimaTakeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor
- Tetsu WatanabeTV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
- Akihiro MiwaSelf
- Naomasa MusakaFilm Studios Tattooist
- Koichi UedaFilm Crew Member close to the Director
- Kanji TsudaFilm Director
- Makoto AshikawaAssistant at Audition
- Tamotsu IshibashiCast
Stills
Themes
hallucinationsurrealsurrealismcelebrityself-referentialdoppelgängersemi autobiographicalmetafictionmeta