Takeshi's Castle

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.

Takeshi's Castle
Starring
Narrated by
  • Shizuo Miyauchi
  • Runpei Masui
Composers
  • Tadakazu Onodera
  • Noriaki Sato
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes
  • 133 (original)
  • 8 (revival)
Production
Producers
  • Kunihiko Katsura
  • Eiichi Misumi
Running time47 minutes
Original release
NetworkTokyo Broadcasting System
Release2 May 1986 (1986-05-02) –
19 October 1990 (1990-10-19)
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release21 April 2023 (2023-04-21) –
present

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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