The Best Takeshi Kitano Movies, Ranked
58 credits from 1969 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Broken Rage (2025) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Ghost in the Shell (2017) with $170M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Takeshi Kitano Box Office Hits
Takeshi Kitano's films have made $341M worldwide in total. Ghost in the Shell (2017) is the biggest hit at $170M, ahead of The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004) ($34.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Ghost in the Shell 2017 · Action $170M $40.6M dom. - 2
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 · Action $34.2M $1.12M dom. - 3
Dearest 2012 · Drama $26.7M - 4
Johnny Mnemonic 1995 · Action $19.1M $19.1M dom. - 5
Brother 2001 · Drama $15.3M $451K dom. - 6
Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003 · Action $14.9M - 7
Outrage Coda 2017 · Action $12M - 8
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen 2015 · Comedy $11.8M - 9
Mozu The Movie 2015 · Crime $10M - 10
Kubi 2023 · Action $6.13M
The Best Takeshi Kitano Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Takeshi Kitano has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 13 films, and Dearest (2012) is the pick of them.
- Drama 13 films Dearest 2012 · as Teruo Sugino
- Action 11 films Ghost in the Shell 2017
- Comedy 8 films Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen 2015 · as Detective Murakami
- Crime 4 films Mozu The Movie 2015 · as Daruma
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Adventure 1 film Broken Rage 2025 · as Nezumi Movie Echo Score: 80 -
Fantasy 1 film Takeshis’ 2005 · as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano
The Best Takeshi Kitano Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Takeshi Kitano's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1960s to 2020s.
The Latest Takeshi Kitano Movies
The most recent films Takeshi Kitano is credited on, newest first — starting with Broken Rage (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Broken Rage 2025 · Nezumi
- Kubi 2023 · Hashiba Hideyoshi
- Outrage Coda 2017 · Otomo
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Prison Break 2017 · Urata - Ghost in the Shell 2017 · Action
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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special 2016 · Mystery -
While the Women Are Sleeping 2016 · Sahara - Mozu The Movie 2015 · Daruma
- Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen 2015 · Detective Murakami
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Beyond Outrage 2014 · Action - Dearest 2012 · Teruo Sugino
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit 2008 · Take-Majin (voice)
The Best Takeshi Kitano Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Takeshi Kitano films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Takeshi Kitano movie?
Broken Rage (2025) is the best-rated Takeshi Kitano film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Broken Rage: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Takeshi Kitano movie?
Ghost in the Shell (2017) made the most at the box office, with $170M worldwide, followed by The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004) with $34.2M. Together, Takeshi Kitano's films with box office figures have made $341M.
Which Takeshi Kitano movie won the most awards?
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004) is the most decorated Takeshi Kitano film, with 1 win from 1 nomination across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Takeshi Kitano drama movie?
Dearest (2012) is the best-rated of Takeshi Kitano's drama films. In other genres: Ghost in the Shell (action), Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (comedy) and Mozu The Movie (crime).
What is the newest Takeshi Kitano movie?
The newest film on Takeshi Kitano's filmography is Broken Rage (2025), with Takeshi Kitano as Nezumi.
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