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Takeshis' (2005)

Takeshis' poster
Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
U
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous Japanese celebrity and actor, also named Takeshi Kitano, meets his own doppelganger who is a shy aspiring actor. The film blurs the line between their realities as they experience strange and overlapping lives.

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What happens

Takeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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