Takeshi Kitano’s new film ... Kitano, awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his “Hana-Bi” in 1997, wanted to make a different kind of period piece in “Kubi,” or ...

Takeshi Kitano, center, attends a press conference ... who debuted as a film director in 1989 with “Violent Cop” and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for “Hana-bi” in ...

Kitano Takeshi, one of the biggest names in contemporary ... His 1997 “Fireworks” (aka “Hana-bi”) won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice International Film Festival. At the same festival ...

Takeshi Kitano’s new film ... Kitano, awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his “Hana-Bi” in 1997, wanted to make a different kind of period piece in “Kubi,” or ...