Like the rest of the movie, you've seen this before. With 2010’s Outrage, Takeshi “Beat” Kitano returned to the gangster genre that first brought him big-screen success, depicting a modern yakuza ...

Actor-director Takeshi Kitano enjoyed a strong run on the international circuit in the 1990s, when films such as “Fireworks” and “Sonatine” showed off his heady ability to mix tenderness and violence.

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The body count holds steady but the bloodshed is considerably easier to take in "Outrage Beyond," the controlled if excessively labyrinthine sequel to Takeshi Kitano's "Outrage." Last seen being ...

TOKYO – Takeshi Kitano is to make a sequel to this summer’s “Outrage,” his return to the yakuza gangster film genre, slated for release next fall. Takeshi, who also works as a comedian, irreverent TV ...

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - As violent, amoral and misanthropic as a Jacobean play, "Outrage" is Takeshi Kitano's first yakuza flick since "Brother" (2000). Cleansed of his pretentious navel-gazing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Takeshi Kitano’s new film, ...

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