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6.7/10   760 votes
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Director:
Takeshi Kitano
Writer:
Takeshi Kitano (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 2007 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Sorry, Takeshi... more (11 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Glory to the Filmmaker! (International: English title)
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Runtime:
108 min | Canada:104 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the first scenes/credits of this movie, the Takeshi Kitano's stunt doll is submitted to some medical examinations. When the results are shown on the technicians' screens, the patient name constantly changes from result to result. The names refer to some Masters of the Japanese Cinema and their birth/death dates. more
Movie Connections:
References Life of Brian (1979) more

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1 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Sorry, Takeshi..., 9 January 2008
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Author: from Finland

Firstly: I am a big fan of Takeshi Kitano's movies. Except 'Gettin' any!' his movies always delivered and I found myself collecting all the DVDs. Recently I started to wonder what happened to this unique director (sure, directing movies is only part of his artistic portfolio). His movies suddenly seem to take another direction which is more self-reflecting / audience provoking/ . . . - however, not entertaining anymore. Watching his latest one 'Glory to the filmmaker' was simply awful. Where is the story? Where the interesting camera perspectives we fans used to like? They cannot be found. Instead we are left with fragments of different movie genres and no conclusion. I hope Takeshi's self reflecting period will be soon a thing of the past and we will see another outstanding piece of movie as e.g. Hana-Bi.

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