Takeshi's Castle

2002
Takeshi's Castle

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Episode 101 May 11, 2005

Honeycomb Maze Show of Hands Skipping Stones Rice Bowl Down Hill Fish Food Karaoke Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #055]

EP2 Episode 102 May 12, 2005

Great Wall Honeycomb Maze Skipping Stones Big Bird High Rollers Quake Rice Bowl Down Hill Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #057]

EP3 Episode 103 May 13, 2005

Honeycomb Maze Skipping Stones High Rollers Mud Slide Rice Bowl Down Hill Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #059]

EP4 Episode 104 May 14, 2005

Great Wall Honeycomb Maze Skipping Stones Skittles High Rollers Dominoes Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #061]

EP5 Episode 105 May 15, 2005

Great Wall Honeycomb Maze Skipping Stones Knock Knock Catch It (Mud Ball) Skittles Poles Apart Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #064]

EP6 Episode 106 May 16, 2005

Honeycomb Maze Slip Way Knock Knock High Rollers Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #068]

EP7 Episode 107 May 17, 2005

Great Wall Honeycomb Maze Skipping Stones Catch It High Rollers Poles Apart Rice Bowl Down Hill Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #066]

EP8 Episode 108 May 18, 2005

Grid Iron Wipe Out Slip Way High Rollers Skipping Stones Quake Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #070]

EP9 Episode 109 May 19, 2005

Grid Iron Wipe Out High Rollers Slip Way Skipping Stones Poles Apart Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #072]

EP10 Episode 110 May 20, 2005

Honeycomb Maze Home Run Knock Knock Wipe Out Catch It Go Nuts (Nut Roll) Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #076]

EP11 Episode 111 May 21, 2005

Match Maker Slipped Disks Honeycomb Maze Poles Apart Skipping Stones Wipe Out Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #080]

EP12 Episode 112 May 22, 2005

Great Wall Honeycomb Maze Slip Way (Run Way) Knock Knock High Rollers Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #081]

EP13 Episode 113 May 23, 2005

Great Wall Slipped Disks Honeycomb Maze Yellow Brick Road Skipping Stones Home Run High Rollers Karaoke Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #082]

EP14 Episode 114 May 24, 2005

Slipped Disks Skipping Stones Rice Bowl Down Hill Mud Ball Ball Cupping Wipe Out Show of Hands Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #???]

EP15 Episode 115 May 25, 2005

Great Wall* Skipping Stones High Rollers Sling Swing Fling Bridge Ball Catch It Gauntlet Show Down (v2)* [Original Japanese Episode #133]

EP16 Episode 116 May 26, 2005

Flag Down Wipe Out Grid Iron Tug Of War Velcro Fly Catch It High Rollers Show Down (v2)* [Original Japanese Episode #088]

EP17 Episode 117 (Parents & Kids Special) May 27, 2005

Knock Knock (II) Grid Iron Ball Cupping High Rollers Velcro Fly Slip Way (Pushy Parents) Rice Bowl Down Hill Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #102]

EP18 Episode 118 (Teenagers' Special) May 28, 2005

Match Maker Skipping Stones Rice Bowl Down Hill Buggy Me Show of Hands Wipe Out Karaoke Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #103]

EP19 Episode 119 May 29, 2005

Knock Knock (II) Dragon Lake (New) Gauntlet Skipping Stones Ball Cupping Wipe Out Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #114]

EP20 Episode 120 (Beachside Special) May 30, 2005

Drop In the Ocean Sandscript Sand Flee Stuff Diving* Nautiball Jetskid Show Down (v2)* [Original Japanese Episode #133]

EP21 Episode 121 May 31, 2005

Slipped Disks Honeycomb Maze Quake Wipe Out High Rollers Rice Bowl Downhill Indestruct-a-ball Dominoes Bridge the Gap Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #???]

EP22 Episode 122 (Parents & Kids special) Jun 01, 2005

Honeycomb Maze Slip Way (Pushy Parents) Dominoes (Doubles) Whack the Stack Bridge Ball Show Down (v2) [Original Japanese Episode #078]
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Released: 01 November 2002 Ended
Producted By: Comedy Central
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.ifilm.com/show/21908
Synopsis

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players to get to him. Contestants throw themselves into daunting physical challenges as they attempt to storm Takeshi's Castle and win the grand prize of one million yen. 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.

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rainbowclimbinghigh This is basically a Japanese game show in which 100 contestants, led by General Lee (played by the handsome Hayato Tani) have to get through several EXTREMELY tough (but, more often than not, hilarious) challenges, and then attempt to storm the castle.I only came across this gem a few months ago, but I am now hooked, as it is absolutely hilarious, especially when a contestant fails at a challenge.There are a number of challenges, so not all of them will be in every single half-hour episode of the show. These include:-Skipping stones (my personal favorite), High Rollers, Bridge Ball, The Gauntlet, Knock Knock, Slipped disks, Avalanche Karaoke, Quake, Wipeout, amongst many many others.Then comes the Final Showdown i.e. the storming of the castle. Don't expect there to be many winners - there are usually just a handful of people who get through to this stage, and the Emerald Guards are extremely good at defending the castle. I think I've been watching the show for about six months, and I have seen two people win.
Jackson Booth-Millard I just caught this on Freeview channel Challenge, and when I decide to watch this, it is quite a funny novelty show made in Japan and condensed for the United Kingdom. Narrated by Robot Wars host to Coronation Street actor Craig Charles, it is basically a hilarious challenges show which sees one hundred to one hundred and forty two try to get through, to us, three of four physical games to get to the final game. The physical games, many of which involve contestants falling in water or mud, included the Honeycomb Maze, Skipping Stones, Catch It (catching a fired soccer ball), the Gauntlet, High Rollers, Skittles and the Slip Way. The final challenge, Takeshi's Castle itself, sees all remaining contestants in bumper car style "chariots" that have to defeat all the guards, zapping their shields with the water, and the guards do vice versa, I honestly never saw the contestants win. Obviously we the British have created our own near enough similar version, the hilarious Total Wipeout, but this original comedy game show is a good fun way to have an easy laugh. Very good!
cleindiansown This is one of the greatest acting jobs in the history of all acting. Seriously, Charles puts you in the drivers seat, he makes you feel like you are living the life of a true movie star. With his fame stemming from the hit series "Robot Wars", Charles has devoloped fine speaking skills and a killer body. His handsome face can only be matched by one man, Dante. Dante is more commonly known as DANTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!Truly, Charles has shocked the entertainment world with his slim figure filling leather jackets which have been processed through paper shredders. I think Charles should contact a new suiter, don't you think? All in all, A-Class work from a brilliant mind. ANTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
Triggerhappy-86 This has simply got to be, the funniest program ever created! Why it isn't on more-often, or out on DVD (to my knowledge) is crazy...it's simply a must-see program!Well, whats to say of the program, basically, the idea behind the show is a kind of, Japanese "It's a Knockout" with 100 Mad contestants competing in a serious of dangerous and equally mad games. Those who fail in a game are knocked out, those who don't go through! - Simple!.....well actually, No, not quite. Unfortunatly for the contestants, but not for us, the Games are devilishly hard and involve pain, LOTS of pain. Take for example, Knock-Knock. In this, the contestants have to work their way through five sets of doors, easy! Wrong! in each set there is five doors, two are made of paper, three are made of wood...the object being to avoid the wooden ones, and as you can guess, not all of our "Happy-Clappy-Jappy-Chappies" make it. For some strange reason, watching a flying Japanese Kung-Fu monkey, fling himself head-first into a large wooden door, and bounce off like a flea in a bouncey castle, defines the word "Comedy". This is utterly hilarious, i can't think of anything that rivals this show in Laughs per Half-Hour. And, of course, if your watching the UK version, not only do you get to see Japanese people hurl themselves at Doors in Knock-Knock, break shins and legs in Skipping Stones, Get runover by large boulders in Avalanche, Get hit by large-pumped up volley balls in Bridge Ball...but you also get Craig Charles' (of Red Dwarf fame)commentary. This is too, hilarious, admittedlly he takes some of his lines from either Red Dwarf itself (Badly-Parked Volkswagens anyone?) or from his book "The Log" (Save the whales gig) but even those, though heard before, are still damn funny to hear again. His commentary, though sometimes using only simple comments, hardly ever fails to get a laugh, particulary after watching one hapless contestant impale his Family Jewels on a large concrete rock, comments like "No more family planning for that guy" or "He's smiling, but his spud's are killing him" are sheer comedy gold. Of course though, it's the games we watch it for, and yes, there are some slightly less-funny games (still hilarious though!) such as Karaoke, or Quake. But, it's when you get the chance to see a "Highly-Trained" Emerald Guard, get wasted by one of his own teams Boulders in Avalanche, and continue to plummet, with said boulder down a long and crudely built set, that you appriciate the funny things in life.In short, the Games are superb, the commentary is amazingly well-timed if not accurate (one example being Craig's "He's won, He's won, He's....a she" Comments, which appear rather alarmingly, quite often).This programme is a classic, i can guarentee, you will not see many programmes that can supply you with more laughs. Utterly compelling viewing. Those of you who have Challenge TV at home, go at watch this every time it's on, it's a definate must see, it really is such a good programme, and i swear, you will laugh harder than you've ever done before! Superb!And, as Mr Charles likes to say at the end..."AS my old Dad used to say, You can't cook minute rice in a minute. The Rice is fast, the Microwave's fast, you've got a split second...you never can make it" - Answer's on a postcard please.