

02/09/2005
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.

Takeshi Kitano
as Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

Kotomi Kyōno
as Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor

Kayoko Kishimoto
as Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer

Ren Osugi
as Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver

Susumu Terajima
as Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor

Tetsu Watanabe
as TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor

Akihiro Miwa
as Self

Naomasa Musaka
as Film Studios Tattooist

Koichi Ueda
as Film Crew Member close to the Director

Kanji Tsuda
as Film Director

Makoto Ashikawa
as Assistant at Audition

Tamotsu Ishibashi
as

Toshi
as

Tadanobu Asano
as

Beat Kiyoshi
as

Takashi Nishina
as

Taichi Saotome
as Young Man

Takagi Junya
as Self

Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Light Man in Film Crew / Audition Juror / Client at Bank

Jonathan Legg
as American Soldier

Gambino Kobayashi
as

Mari Hayashida
as

Jinta Nishizawa
as

Takayuki Katô
as

Akira Kubo
as

Masahiro Sumiyoshi
as

Shûji Ôtsuki
as

Taigi Kobayashi
as

Junichi Kikawa
as
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