Takeshi's Castle(TV show/series, 2002-2005)

Name: Takeshi's Castle
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2002
Rating: 3.8

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 122 episodes

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Takeshi's Castle (Japanese: 風雲!たけし城, Hepburn: Fuun!Takeshi-jō) is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show became a cult television hit around the world. It was highly influential on global popular culture, inspiring a genre of game shows involving physical challenges and painful entertainment, as well as other media. A special live "revival" was broadcast on 2 April 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations. A reboot of the show was released for Amazon Prime Video on 21 April 2023. German-Japanese actor Subaru Kimura joined the returning Tani/General Lee as co-leader of the contestants. ()

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About Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players to get to him. Contestants throw themselves into daunting physical challenges as they attempt to storm Takeshi's Castle and win the grand prize of one million yen. The show has become a cult television hit around the world. A special live "revival" was broadcast on April 2, 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations.

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Takeshi's Castle Seasons and Episodes

?Season 5 - 0 episodes

05/11/2005Season 4 - 22 episodes

05/11/2004Season 3 - 30 episodes

05/01/2003Season 2 - 30 episodes

11/01/2002Season 1 - 40 episodes

?Specials - 10 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.ifilm.com

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), Japan, Philippines, United States of America (USA)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Takeshi's Castle Indonesia" (find it on Amazon), "El castillo de Takeshi" (find it on Amazon)

Named after: Takeshi Kitano (Person)

Made by: Comedy Central, Flextech Television Limited, Black Mole Productions, Challenge TV

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Arabic (AR), English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: Arabic (AR), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 11/01/2002

Last episode released on: 06/01/2005

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Creator: Takeshi Kitano

Presenter/Host: Takeshi Kitano, Hayato Tani

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"قلعة تاكيشي"

Keywords: game show

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