Tokyo, Sept 5 (AFP\/APP):A vehicle carrying acclaimed Japanese film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was attacked by a man with a pickaxe and a knife, media reports said.<\/p>\n
Kitano, 74, also a celebrated television comedian in Japan, was inside the vehicle on the premises of private network TBS in Tokyo when the attack took place late Saturday night, the station reported.<\/p>\n
The attacker, a male in his 40s from the Chiba region east of Tokyo, cracked the windshield and beat other parts of the vehicle, TBS and other local media said. <\/p>\n
Kitano, also known by his stage name Beat Takeshi, first drew acclaim for his raw depictions of the violent world of Japanese organized crime.<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n
No one was injured in Saturday evening’s attack, reports said, which national broadcaster NHK said took place after Kitano had finished filming a live news and entertainment show for TBS.<\/p>\n
Police arrested the man on the spot and are interviewing him to determine his motive, NTV said.<\/p>\n
Tokyo Metropolitan Police declined to comment when reached by AFP Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tokyo, Sept 5 (AFP\/APP):A vehicle carrying acclaimed Japanese film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was attacked by a man with a pickaxe and a knife, media reports said. Kitano, 74, also a celebrated television comedian in Japan, was inside the vehicle on the premises of […]<\/p>\n
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