140×215 (60×90/16), paperback, ill., 216 pp., 2006
ISBN 5-86793-425-7

He calls himself ‘a tumor on the body of Japanese culture’. If this is the case, then this tumor is inoperable: not only Japanese, but also world cinema, is unimaginable without Takeshi Kitano. In Russia, Kitano has become the most famous Japanese film director after his idol Akira Kurosawa. This book by film critic Anton Dolin tells us how Kitano has managed to make and act in a dozen films, become a writer and artist, while still remaining a child at heart.

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