Age: 79
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Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), also known in Japan as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi), is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Two Beat, before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's Violent Cop and garnered international acclaim for Sonatine (1993). He was not widely accepted as an accomplished director in Japan until Hana-bi won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his Outrage crime trilogy with the release of Outrage Coda. He is also known internationally for hosting the game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1990) and starring in the film Battle Royale (2000).
Takeshi Kitano
Amiral Yamashiro
for Amiral Yamashiro in The Dark Legion
Suggested by nikobatman
In early 1943, the Dark Legion reached Paris, metting the man who recruited Griffin to free them, the mysterious Phantom of the Opera ! This man is France's greatest monster hunter. After neutralizing a sect who wanted to summon a high demon in the catacombs, they'll join London, to meet a Phantom's working contact. This is Great Britain's greatest supernatural crime lord, a meta-human who calls himself Mr. Hyde ! He tell them that a powerful creature from Peru has been captured by members of the Francoist Spanish Navy to transmit it to Reich's allies. Once abord, the team learn that the monster was transmitted to a Imperial Japanese Army's unit on a remote Pacific island. There they met an experienced witch, able to control many of japanese's monsters, "The Queen of the Yokai", and above all, the powerful unique monster who is a prisoner here : "the Creature from the Black Lagoon", nicknamed Gill-Man. This one is much more sensitive and kind than it seems and join the team. After neutralizing a Japanese fleet that came for them, thanks to the witch who call a powerful Kaiju sleeping in the ocean, they join another track from Hyde, in Egypt ! There, an Italian expedition, led by another mummy, who was once Ahmanet's grand vizier before betraying her : Imhotep ! He uses the Italians in order to find a lost city and free a powerful creature that will help him in his evil plan ! More than ever, this war promises to be... monstrous !
