At the Cannes Premiere section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, “Kubi” directed by Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) was screened for the world premiere as a world premiere.
The woman in kimono walking the red carpet with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori (Nao), and Shido Nakamura is a wife 18 years younger than Takeshi who remarried in 2020. It’s her first time making her public appearance.
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In 2016, this magazine asked a person who knows Takeshi about the relationship between Takeshi and this current wife.
“I hold the title of supervisor at a famous hotel in the Kansai region, and work as a hotel-related party coordinator in Tokyo (at the time of reporting). When I was young, I once worked as a hostess at a luxury club in Ginza. I heard that
According to this acquaintance, she met Takeshi around 2012.
“The president of a company I knew called me, ‘I’m drinking with Takeshi right now, so why don’t you come?’ At the time, Takeshi-san’s white Bentley came to pick me up at the apartment in Meguro-ku, where I was living, four or five days a week.”
The personality of Mrs. Takeshi, who is not timid and speaks straight to anyone, even celebrities, seemed to be fresh for Takeshi, who was called “lord” by those around him. At the same time, her wife had a partner who was younger than her, but without hesitation, she switched to Takeshi.
At that time, this magazine described the wife as “She has a clear facial features similar to Natsuko Godai, and her style is outstanding. She looks to be in her early 40s.” Her wife is a de facto director of Takeshi’s personal office “TN Gon” and supports the 76-year-old director Kitano both professionally and privately. In fact, it is said that Takeshi’s nickname for his wife is “○○gon”.
The two held hands while taking a photo. For Takeshi’s “last chosen woman”, it was the best unveiling stage.
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