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Open Image Modalビートたけしフライデー乱入事件 \n\nフライデー乱入事件後、初の会見をするビートたけし(本名=北野武)(東京・港区のビクター青山スタジオ) \n\n撮影日:1986年12月22日 (credit:時事通信社)
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Open Image Modalビートたけしフライデー乱入事件・東京地裁に入る北野武被告 \n\nフライデー乱入事件の第2回公判で、東京地裁に入るビートたけしこと北野武被告(東京・霞が関) \n\n撮影日:1987年05月26日 (credit:時事通信社)
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Open Image Modal参院選挙 \n\n記者会見する新党「風の会」。左から、安岡力也、内田裕也、野村秋介、ビートたけし、横山やすしの各氏(東京・港区麻布) \n\n撮影日:1992年07月05日 (credit:時事通信社)
Brother Movie Stills(06 of16)
Open Image Modal391106 04: Left to right, actors Omar Epps, Beat Takeshi, and Claude Maki perform on the set of the movie \'Brother.\' (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images via Getty Images)
JAPAN SERIOUSLY FUNNY(07 of16)
Open Image ModalFOR USE WITH ERIC TALMADGE\'S STORY SLUGGED: JAPAN-SERIOUSLY FUNNY: Filmmaker Takeshi Kitano, winner of last year\'s Venice Film Festival, answers a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 1997. Kitano, who is also Japan\'s most popular comedian known as Beat Takeshi, is unrelentingly serious, writing, directing and starring in his carefully crafted movies. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CANNES-CINEMA-GOHATTO(08 of16)
Open Image ModalJapanese actors Beat Takeshi aka Takeshi Kitano and Uno Kanda (C) pose with Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (R) 16 May 2000 in Cannes. Oshima\'s movie \'Gohatto\' (Taboo) is presented today in competition at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PASCAL GUYOT via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH STORY: AFPEntertainment-Japan(09 of16)
Open Image ModalTOKYO, JAPAN: TO GO WITH STORY: AFPEntertainment-Japan-film-people-Kitano Japanese actor and director Takeshi Kitano (2nd-R) smiles as he pose with actors Ren Osugi (L), Kayoko Kishimoto (2nd-L), Beat Kiyoshi (R), during a photo session at a Japanese premiere of his latest film \'Takeshis\', in Tokyo, 20 October 2005. The film will open to the public on 05 November. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
FRANCE/(10 of16)
Open Image ModalJapanese artist Beat Takeshi Kitano speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art for his show, \"Gosse de Peintre\" (Painter\'s Son) in Paris March 10, 2010. Kitano, film director, actor, TV presenter, comedian, painter and writer, presents his show which runs from March 11 to September 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT HEADSHOT) (credit:Jacky Naegelen / Reuters)
FRANCE/(11 of16)
Open Image ModalJapanese artist Beat Takeshi Kitano reacts during a photocall at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art for his show, \"Gosse de Peintre\" (Painter\'s Son) in Paris March 9, 2010. Kitano, film director, actor, TV presenter, comedian, painter and writer, presents his show which runs from March 11 to September 12, 2010. REUTERS/John Schults (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY) (credit:John Schults / Reuters)
FILM-CANNES/(12 of16)
Open Image ModalDirector Takeshi Kitano waves on the red carpet as he arrives for the screening of the film \"Outrage\" in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2010. Nineteen films are competing for the prestigious Palme d\'Or which will be awarded on May 23. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (credit:Eric Gaillard / Reuters)
FILM-CANNES/(13 of16)
Open Image ModalDirector Takeshi Kitano (R) and producer Masayuki Mori pose during a photocall for the film \"Outrage\" at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2010. Nineteen films are competing for the prestigious Palme d\'Or which will be awarded on May 23. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (credit:Eric Gaillard / Reuters)
FILM-VENICE(14 of16)
Open Image ModalJapanese director Takeshi Kitano poses on the red carpet for the movie \"Outrage Beyond\" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice September 3, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (credit:Max Rossi / Reuters)
"SAMURAI Award Special Talk Session" Featuring Takeshi Kitano - The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival(15 of16)
Open Image ModalTOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 25: Director Takeshi Kitano attends the SAMURAI Award Special Talk Session during the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills on October 25, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images) (credit:Ken Ishii via Getty Images)
Celebrity Sightings In Tokyo(16 of16)
Open Image ModalNARITA, JAPAN - MARCH 19: Film director Takeshi Kitano is seen upon arrival at Narita International Airport on March 19, 2016 in Narita, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato/Getty Images) (credit:Jun Sato via Getty Images)