Takeshi Kitano

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"The films of Takeshi Kitano mimic American genre films in some respects but do so in a unique way, and his later films have developed more levels of meaning and layers of plot and character development that extend the nature of the genre in new directions. Kitano generally favors the crime drama, usually in stories about the Japanese crime groups known as the Yakuza and the police. Kitano himself plays the hero, who is usually a troubled policeman or gangster with a complex and dual involvement in family matters and violent crime at the same time. Kitano thus deals in contrasts, and his directorial style emphasizes and balances the competing interests of the main character as well as the ambiguities of modern society. This is evident in early films like Boiling Point (1990) and Violent Cop (1989), but Kitano makes such contrasts even more central ..."

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