Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) — "Genki ga Deru TV" Shopping Bag | Kumanomae Shopping Street Revival Campaign, Tokyo, 1985
Before the world knew Takeshi Kitano as the director of Hana-bi and Zatoichi, Japan knew him as "the President" of a wild Sunday-night TV show, Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!! (Nippon TV, 1985–1996).
One of the show's first big projects was to use the power of television to bring a fading shopping street back to life: Kumanomae, in Tokyo's Arakawa ward. On this bag, Takeshi stands in a suit wearing a candidate-style sash that reads あなたの町を救う, "I'll save your town."
In 1985, the show's first year, I went to Kumanomae myself and bought this bag there. Bags like this were made to be thrown away, and few survive today.
Details
- Plastic shopping bag with die-cut handle, black print on both sides
- Approx. 42 × 49 cm
- Bought at Kumanomae shopping street, Tokyo, 1985 — first owner
Condition
- Horizontal fold across the middle and general creasing
- Light rubbing to the print on the jacket area
- Small black mark near the name on one side (see photos)
- Sold as-is
— Yutaka, The Creator, Tokyo
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Before the world knew Takeshi Kitano as the director of Hana-bi and Zatoichi, Japan knew him as "the President" of a wild Sunday-night TV show, Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!! (Nippon TV, 1985–1996).
One of the show's first big projects was to use the power of television to bring a fading shopping street back to life: Kumanomae, in Tokyo's Arakawa ward. On this bag, Takeshi stands in a suit wearing a candidate-style sash that reads あなたの町を救う, "I'll save your town."
In 1985, the show's first year, I went to Kumanomae myself and bought this bag there. Bags like this were made to be thrown away, and few survive today.
Details
- Plastic shopping bag with die-cut handle, black print on both sides
- Approx. 42 × 49 cm
- Bought at Kumanomae shopping street, Tokyo, 1985 — first owner
Condition
- Horizontal fold across the middle and general creasing
- Light rubbing to the print on the jacket area
- Small black mark near the name on one side (see photos)
- Sold as-is
— Yutaka, The Creator, Tokyo
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