Current Events > Man tries to attack Beat Takeshi (Takeshi's Castle/Challenge) with a pickaxe

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A vehicle carrying acclaimed Japanese comedian, film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was attacked by a man with a pickaxe and a knife on Saturday night.

Kitano, 74, also known by his stage name Beat Takeshi, was inside the vehicle on the premises of private network TBS in Tokyo when the attack took place at around 11:40 p.m., the station reported.

The attacker, a man in his 40s from Chiba Prefecture, cracked the windshield and hit other parts of the vehicle, TBS and other local media said.

No one was injured in the attack, reports said, which took place after Kitano had finished filming a live news and entertainment show for TBS.

The man was detained by security personnel until police arrived.

Kyodo News quoted the man as saying he had been "ignored" by Kitano when he had waited for a car carrying the entertainer near the TV station in late June. "I got down on my knees near the car and begged him to help me enter the world of show business, but he ignored me," the man was quoted as telling the investigators, according to Kyodo.

Kitano first drew acclaim for his raw depictions of the violent world of Japanese organized crime. He garnered international fame for his roles in gritty dystopian thriller "Battle Royale" as well as in the eponymous comedy game show "Takeshi's Castle."

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-with-pickaxe-attacks-vehicle-carrying-Beat-Takeshi

Guess he was stuck on that flying section

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I know the game was bad, but calm down.

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dolomedes posted...

takeshi kitano's career is interesting lol

He garnered international fame for his roles in gritty dystopian thriller "Battle Royale" as well as in the eponymous comedy game show "Takeshi's Castle."

They're both great

Battle Royale >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hunger lames

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Hilarious

Takeshi's Castle is damn good television

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