Movie  2005
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Beat Takeshi: [to his friend] You're being a little too friendly. It's Mr. Takeshi to you. You have a problem with my yakuza roles?
Takeshi's Friend: This guy is a fan. Doesn't he look like you?
[Takeshi looks at Kitano who is in clown make-up]
Beat Takeshi: Hard to say with all that make-up. You saying I look like a clown?

[when Kitano asks Beat Takeshi for his autograph]
Kitano: Could you write "To Mr. Kitano?"
Beat Takeshi: The same surname as mine?
[after Takeshi sees actor Akihiro Miwa in makeup]
Beat Takeshi: What a freak.
Beat Takeshi: Comedians... they're loud.
Takeshi's Friend: [about Beat Takeshi, who is his friend] Arrogant prick... To think that we started out together! He left us all behind. Wants me to call him "Mr. Takeshi" now. Arrogant prick!
Beat Takeshi: He looks like me.
Beat Takeshi: That guy... the one who looks like me. What could his life be like?
[after first meeting Kitano without the clown makeup]
Beat Takeshi: He does looks like me.
Description
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.