On this day, 78 years ago, on January 18, 1947 (December 27, 1946, the famous Japanese film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was born. Takeshi Kitano (1947--) was a famous Japanese director, actor, and TV show host. What is worth distinguishing is that Takeshi Kitano is only used for the director's name, and Takeshi Kitano, who is an actor, is called "Peter Takeshi". Born in Tokyo in 1947. He graduated from the Department of Engineering at Meiji University. In 1973, he and Kanekiyo formed the cross-talk group "TwoBeat". It was active in the television and radio industries. It was popular with its spicy and dark humor, and became the soul of Japan's cross-talk craze in the 1980s. In 1981, he began to perform in movies and TV series. In 1983, he starred as a film actor for the first time in the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence!" directed by the famous director Oshimazhu. In 1989, he replaced the famous action film director Shinji Fusaku and directed and starred in his debut film "The Violent Man", which was a blockbuster. In 1997, Takeshi Kitano directed and starred in "Flower Fire" came out and won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the Montell Film Festival. This is the third Japanese to win this honor in 39 years since Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" in 1951 and Hiroshi Inagaki's "The Life of Asunu" won the Golden Lion Award in 1958.