Beat Takeshi vs. Takeshi Kitano

World-renowned filmmaker Takeshi Kitano initially became popular in his native Japan through his legendary caustic alter ego, the comedian Beat Takeshi.
This colelction of essays by Casio Abe, one of Japan´s preeminent cultural critics, examines both Kitano´s films and his Beat Takeshi persona, offering an incisive critique of the television culture that Kitano´s films and comedy both draw and play against.