Takeshi's Castle
| Takeshi's Castle | |
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| Presented by |
Takeshi Kitano Hayato Tani |
| Narrated by | Shizuo Miyauchi Runpei Masui Craig Charles Javed Jaffery (India) |
| Composer(s) | Tadakazu Onodera Noriaki Sato |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 133 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kunihiko Katsura Eiichi Misumi |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | May 2, 1986 – October 19, 1990 |
| Takeshi's Castle | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
| Starring |
Joey de Leon Ryan Yllana |
| Country of origin |
 Philippines
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| Original language(s) | Filipino, English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wilma Galvante |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1 hour in IBC and SBN broadcasts) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
IBC Q GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original release | October 1990 (IBC) - October 2007 – April 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Just Joking |
| Followed by | Da Big Show |
| Takeshi's Castle | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
| Written by | Ben Mole Craig Charles Alex Mole Frederick Hutton Mills |
| Narrated by |
Craig Charles (2002–04) Dick & Dom (2013) |
| Theme music composer | Jonathan Czerwik |
| Opening theme | "Takeshi's Castle" by Jonathan Czerwik |
| Ending theme | "Takeshi's Castle" Shortened Instrumental |
| Country of origin |
 United Kingdom
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes |
Original series 145 (inc. 10 Specials and 13 Best Ofs) Revived series 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ben Mole Sophie Hodgkins |
| Editor(s) | Anna Skidmore Eion Martin Duncan Armstrong Colm O'Rourke Andrew Trussler |
| Running time | 30 minutes 60 minutes (specials) |
| Production company(s) |
Flextech/Black Mole Films (2002–2004) Sky/TBS (2013) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Challenge |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
| Original release |
Original series 9 November 2002 - 1 January 2004 Revived series 8–29 March 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| MXC | |
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| Starring | Victor Wilson Christopher Darga John Cervenka Mary Scheer |
| Opening theme | "Firebrand" by Bumblefoot |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| No. of episodes | 81 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | ~25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TNN/Spike TV |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | April 13, 2003 – February 9, 2007 |
Takeshi's Castle (風雲！たけし城 Fūun! Takeshi-jō?, literally Showdown! Takeshi Castle) is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. 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.
The original show involved between 100 and 142 contestants whom General Tani (Hayato Tani) "forced" into a series of physical challenges, in some ways similar to those in It's a Knockout, eliminating many of the contestants. Each show finished with a "Final Showdown" in which Count Takeshi (Kitano) was faced by the remaining contestants. In early episodes they would storm the castle set itself in a short-range water gun assault. Later episodes introduced carts with paper rings, and eventually lasers and light-sensitive targets. If the contestant's gun penetrated the paper ring or hit the sensor on Takeshi's cart, against such weapons as a large water gun and a laser-armed plane, Takeshi's cart was deactivated, the castle was "taken" and the game "won". The player who stopped Takeshi won one million yen (which, at the time, was roughly equivalent to $8,000 US or £5,000 sterling). However, there were only nine winners during the show's run.
The series featured extensive landscaping of a fixed campus at TBS-owned Midoriyama (Green Mountain) Studios that included large man-made lakes and extensive permanent obstacles in Yokohama, Japan. The final regular episode aired on April 14, 1989 followed by 4 one-off specials up until October 19, 1990. A special revival took place just outside the TBS Building for the network's Spring All-Star Thanksgiving Festival on April 2, 2005 and featured Skipping Stones and Bridge Ball.
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