Beat Takeshi no shiawase hitorijime, Sankei Shuppan, 1981. Takeshi! Ore no dokugasu hanseiki, Kodansha, 1981.
Beat Takeshi no gokkun-nihonshi, Riyon, 1982.
Beat Takeshi no hentai-shigan oremo omaemo dokino sakurai, KK best-sellers, 1982.
Beat Takeshi no shiawase ni natte shimaimashita, Sankei Shuppan, 1982.
Beat Takeshi no sangoku ichi no shiawasemono, Sankei Shuppan, 1982.
Beat Takeshi no usoppu monogatari, Hanashinotokushuu, 1983. Beat Takeshi no shimainya warau zo, Kodansha, 1983.
Beat Takeshi no minna gomi data, Asukashinsha, 1983.
Kyofu bikkuri dokuhon, KK best-sellers, 1983.
Gogo 3 ji 25 fun, Ohta Shuppan, 1983.
Beat Takeshi no mujoken kofuku, Fusosha, 1983.
Dokushin kodan, Ohta Shuppan, 1984.
Beat Takeshi no nichimo sachimo, Fusosha, 1984.
Gagkyou Satsujin jiken, Sakuhinsha, 1984.
Takeshi-kun, hi!, Ohta Shuppan, 1984.
Takeshi haeru!, Asukashinsha, 1984.
Zoku dokushin kodan, Ohta Shuppan, 1985.
Ano hito, Asukashinsha, 1985.
Beat Takeshi no ко ka fuko ka, Fusosha, 1985.
Gozen 3ji 25fun kaitei-ban, Ohta Shuppan, 1986.
Beat Takeshi no hukou-chuu no saiwai, Fusosha, 1986.
Takeshi no shin bochan, Ohta Shuppan, 1986.
Kid return, Ohta Shuppan, 1986.
Beat Takeshi no fukochu no saiwai, Nippon Broadcasting System, 1986.
Takeshi no chosenjyo Tora no maki, Ohta Shuppan, 1986. Shonen, Ohta Shuppan, 1987.
Asakusa kid, Ohta Shuppan, 1988.
Shin dokushin kodan, Ohta Shuppan, 1988.
Beat Takeshi no zenmen kohuku, Fusosha, 1988.
Beat Takeshi no sono otoko shiawase ni tuki, Fusosha, 1990.
Beat Takeshi no shiawase maru 10 nen, Fusosha, 1990.
Kyoso tanjo dai I bu, Ohta Shuppan, 1990.
Jingi naki eiga-ron, Ohta Shuppan, 1990.
Beat Takeshi no seikimatsu dokudan 3, Shogakukan, 1991.
Dakara watashi wa kirawareru, Shinchosha, 1991.
Yappari watashi wa kirawareru, Shinchosha, 1991.
Beat Takeshi no seikimatsu dokudan, Shogakukan, 1991.
Beat Takeshi no seikimastu dokudan “Me niwa me wo, doku niwa doku wo”, Shogakukan, 1992.
Jyogai ranto 2 konna jidai ni dare ga shita!, Ohta Shuppan, 1992. Minna jibun ga wakaranai, Shinchosha, 1993.
Konna jidai ni darega shita jobai ranto 2, Ohta Shuppan, 1993. Manzai hyoto, Bungei Shunju, 1993.
Onnani tsukeru kusuri — Henken darake no Yamato Nadeshiko ikusei kouza, Shodensha, 1993.
Rakusen kakujitu senkyo enzetsu, Shinchosha, 1994.
Ganmen mahi, Ohta Shuppan, 1994.
Onna wa shinanakya naoranai aede, Shodensha, 1994.
Minna yatteruka?, Fusosha, 1995.
Sore demo onna ga suki, Shodensha, 1995.
Salake кип karano legami, Ohta Shuppan, 1995.
Soredemo onna ga suki megezuni Yamato Nadeshiko keimoukouza, Shodensha, 1995.
Takeshi no 20 seiki nihonshi, Shinchosha, 1996. Kusa-yakyu no kamisama, Shinchosha, 1996.
Za chiteki-manzai: Beat Takeshi no kekkyoku wakarimasen deshita, Shucisha, 1996.
Komanechi! Beat Takeshi zen-kiroku, Shincho bunko, 1998.
Takeshi no shinu tame no ikikata, Shinchosha, 1997.
Watashi wa sekai de kirawareru, Shinchosha, 1998.
Takeshi no "gogai”!, Yosensha, 1998.
Hakkiri itte bougen desu, Kadokawa Bunko, 1998.
Ai demo kurae, Shodensha, 1999.
Kikujiro to Saki, Shinchosha, 1999.
Kekkyoku wakarimasen deshita za chiteki manzai, Shueislia, 1999.
Beat Takeshi no all night nippon 2 000: Sekai-khi no shiawase mono, Fusosha, 2000.
Shokyuu ningen-gaku koza 1 jiji bakusho kogi: Gizen no bakuhatu, Shinchosha, 2000.
Shokyuu ningen-gaku koza 2 jiji bakusho kogi: Nippon bunka dai-kakumei, Shinchosha, 2000.
Baku wa baka ni natta Beat Takeshi Shishu, Shodensha, 2000.
Gizen no bakuhatsu Sliokyu ningengaku kouza / Jijimondai kougi, Shinchosha, 2000.
Nippon bunka daikakumei Shokyu ningengaku kouza 2 Kiso jyoshiki kougi, Shinchosha, 2000.
Komaneci! 2 Brother daitokusliu, Shinchosha, 2000.
Chojyo taidan, Shincho Bunko, 2001.
Beat Takeshi no mokujiroku, Tokumashoten, 2001.
Omae no fukou niwa wake ga am!, Shinchosha, 2001.
Geijutsu uso tsukanai: Beat Takeshi + Tadanori Yoko, Heihonsha, 2001.
Asakusa furansu-za no jikan, Bungei Shunju, 2001.
Beat Takeshi no mokujiroku kakioroshi chozetsu bougenshu, Tokumashoten, 2001.
Takeshi no shokyu kenja-gaku koza: Watashi bakari ga naze moteru, Shinchosha, 2002.
Nihon no sahou taidan: Beat Takeshi x Hawking Aoyama, Shinpusha, 2002.
Takeshi no Daiei-Hakubutsukan kenbunroku, Shinchosha, 2002.
Kyoto kaidan, Shinchosha, 2003.
Takeshi no hatsumei-oh, Shinchosha, 2003.
Hadaka no osama, Shinchosha 2003.
Shokan Shincho (10 avril 2003), Shinchosha 2003.
Takeshi no chuukyuu kenja koza: Sono baka ga tomaranai, Shinchosha, 2003.
Waruguchi no gijutsu, Shinchosha, 2003.
Tow Art: Beat Takeshi + Takashi Murakami, Pia, 2003.
Yakyu kozou: Beat Takeshi x Hidcki Matsui, Pia, 2004.
Takeshi no rakugaki nyuumon, Shinchosha, 2004.
Michi ni ochiteta tsuki: Beat Takeshi dowa shu, Shodensha, 2004.
Nippon to Beat Takeshi no TV-takkuru ga wakaru hon, TV Asahi, 2004.
Tatsujin ni kike!, Shinchosha, 2006.
Komadai sugaku-ka tokuhetsu shuchuu kogi, Beat Takeshi & Kaoru Takeuchi, Fusosha, 2006.
Kantoku-banzai official guide book, Kadokawa Media House, 2007.
Hinkaku Nippon Shinkiroku, Shogakukan, 2008.
Kyoryu ha niji iro dattaka ?, Shinchosha, 2008.
Sur Takeshi Kitano (en frantais et anglais)
Beat Takeshi Kitano «Gosse de peintre», Fondation Cartier pour Part contemporain-Actes Sud, Paris,. 2010.
Celluloid Dreams, catalogues annuels.
Jean-Pierre Dionnct, Catalogues, livrets dcs dvd de Kitano distribues en France, Studio Canal (Canal+).
Aaron Gcrow, Kitano Takeshi, British Film Institute, 2007.
Brian Jacobs, «Beat» Takeshi Kitano, Tadao Press, London, 1999.
Jean-Pierre Limosin, Takeshi Kitano Timprevisible, Livrct-dvd, MK2 (Cinema denotre temps), 1999—2005.
Sur Beat Takeshi Kitano (en japonais)
Kasho Abe, Kitano Takeshi vs Beat Takeshi, Chikuma Shobo, 1994 (paru en anglais sous le nom de Casio Abe, ed. William O.)
Sur le cinema et la television au Japon
Audie Bock, Japanese film directors, Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1978.
Jonathan Clements et Motoko Tamamuro, The Dorama encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese TV drama since 1953, Stone Bridge Press, San Francisco, 2003.
Ellis S. Krauss, Broadcasting politics in Japan: NHK and television news, Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, 2000
William Penn, The couch potato’s guide to Japan: Inside the World of Japanese TV, Forest River Press, 2003.
Donald Richie, Le cinema japonais, Editions du Rocher, Paris, 2005; et A hundred years of Japanese films, Kodansha International, Tokyo, 2001, 2005.
Akira Kurosawa, comme une autobiographic (traduit de I’anglais par Michel Chion), Petite Bibliothdque des Cahiers du Cin6ma, Seuil-Cahiers du Cinema, 1985.
Frederic Sanchez, Encyclopedic du cinema asiatique, Chiron, 2006.
Tadao Sato, Le cinema japonais (tome II), Centre Georges Pompidou, 1988.
Julien Seveon, Le cinema enrage au Japon, coll. Politique du cinema, Sulliver, 2005.
Paul Shrader, Transcendental style in film, Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, Da Capo Paperback, 1972.
Isolde Standish, A new history of Japanese cinema: A century of narrative films, Continuum, New York, 2005.
Max Tessier, Le cinema japonais au present, Lherminier, Paris, 1984, et Images du cinema japonais, Henri Veyrier, Paris, 1981.
George Tokoro, Character navigation, Neko Publishing, Tokyo, 2006.
Pour les explications personnelles et le glossaire (par ordre alphabetique)
Hiroki Azuma, Generation otaku, traduit du japonais par Corinne Quentin, Hachette Litteratures, Paris, 2008.
Anne Bayard-Sakai, Mickael Lucken et Emmanuel Lozerand (sous la direction de), Le Japon apres la guerre, Philippe Picquicr, Aries, 2007.
Art space Tokyo, Chin Mucic Press, Seattle-Tokyo, 2008.
Etienne Barral, Otaku, les enfants du virtuel, Denoel, Paris, 1999.
Augustin Berque, Dictionnaire de la civilisation japonaise, Hazan, Paris, 1994.