Which director's film did Kitano act in for the first time?
Nagisa Ōshima
Akira Kurosawa
Hiroshi Inagaki
Kenji Mizoguchi
Answer
Nagisa Ōshima was the director of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (1983), which marked Kitano's acting debut. The film, set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, featured Kitano in a supporting role as a guard. Ōshima's direction and Kitano's performance in the film helped launch Kitano's acting career and established him as a rising star in Japanese cinema.
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