Takeshi's Castle (1986)

Genre

game show

Country

Japan

Length

5 seasons, 122 episodes

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese game show where comedian Takeshi Kitano plays a count who sets up wild physical challenges. A group of players tries to overcome these obstacles to reach him in his castle.

sillycompetitivechaoticfunplayfulfast-pacedphysicalcampy

What happens

Takeshi's Castle (Japanese: 風雲!たけし城, Hepburn: Fūun! Takeshi-jō) is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who sets up difficult physical challenges that players (or a volunteer army) must overcome in order to reach him in his castle. The show became a cult television hit around the world. It was highly influential in global popular culture, inspiring a genre of game shows involving physical challenges and painful entertainment, as well as other media. On 2 April 2005, a special live "revival" was broadcast for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations. A reboot of the show was released on Amazon Prime Video on 21 April 2023. German-Japanese actor Subaru Kimura joined the returning Tani as co-leader of the contestants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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