What if the guy who made Takeshi's Castle (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC) in the USA apparently) was one of the greatest film directors of all time?
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Main two movies in the vid:
Sonatine
Hana-bi

Books I recommend:
Beat Takeshi vs. Takeshi Kitano by Casio Abe
The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano by Sean Redmond
Kitano Takeshi by Aaron Gerow
(all these books have differing info)

Sources should all be in the vid, if I missed something let me know