Takeshi Kitano
Director
Takeshi's Castle (2002)
Season 1
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.
Released Nov. 1, 2002
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Reality
Keywords: tmdb.game-show, imdb.character-name-in-title
Production Companies: Flextech Television Limited, Black Mole Productions, Challenge TV, Comedy Central
Network: Spike
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Arabic
S1E1 - Episode 1
Knock Knock (II)
High Rollers
Velcro Fly*
Grid Iron
Poles Apart
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Show of Hands
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #090]
Nov. 1, 2002, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Knock Knock (II)
High Rollers
Grid Iron
Dragon Lake (New)
Skittles
Velcro Fly
Wipe Out
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #093]
Nov. 2, 2002, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Knock Knock (II)
Velcro Fly
High Rollers
Grid Iron
Wipe Out
Skipping Stones
Karaoke
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #092]
Nov. 3, 2002, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Bite the Bun
Honeycomb Maze
Skipping Stones
Ride the Wave
Sumo Rings
Blueberry Hill
High Rollers
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #087]
Nov. 4, 2002, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Grid Iron
High Rollers
Show of Hands
Velcro Fly
Wipe Out
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #091]
Nov. 5, 2002, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Slipped Disks*
Wipe Out*
Tug of War
High Rollers
Poles Apart
Quake
Final Fall
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #089]
Nov. 6, 2002, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Grid Iron
High Rollers
Show of Hands
Wipe Out
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #094]
Nov. 7, 2002, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8 (Rank Holder Special)
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Wet Paint
Sumo Rings
Show Of Hands
Wipe Out
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #095]
Nov. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
Knock Knock (II)
Dragon Lake (New)
High Rollers
Velcro Fly
Quake
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #097]
Nov. 9, 2002, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10 (Fighting Spirit Award Winners Special)
Honeycomb Maze
Skipping Stones
Ball Cupping
High Rollers
Dragon Lake (New)
Sumo Rings
Poles Apart
Wipe Out
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #100]
Nov. 10, 2002, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11 (Parents & Kids Special)
Honeycomb Maze
Slip Way (Pushy Parents)
Ball Cupping
Blueberry Hill (Berryz Go-Go)
Whack the Stack
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #104]
Nov. 11, 2002, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
Knock Knock (II)
Velcro Fly
Skipping Stones
Grid Iron
Show of Hands
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Wipe Out
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #107]
Nov. 12, 2002, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Dragon Lake (New)
Mud Slide
Sumo Rings
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #108]
Nov. 13, 2002, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
Bite the Bun
Skipping Stones
Blueberry Hill
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Show of Hands
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #109]
Nov. 14, 2002, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15 (International Special)
Knock Knock (II)
Skipping Stones
Dragon Lake (New)
Gauntlet
High Rollers
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #110]
Nov. 15, 2002, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
Knock Knock (II)
Velcro Fly
Gauntlet
Wipe Out
Skittles
Poles Apart
Bridge Ball
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #111]
Nov. 16, 2002, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17 (Family Special)
Match Maker
Gauntlet
Sumo Rings
Velcro Fly
High Rollers
Karaoke
Wipe Out
Skipping Stones
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #112]
Nov. 17, 2002, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18 (Parents & Kids Special)
Bite the Bun
Honeycomb Maze
Slip Way (Pushy Parents)
Ball Cupping
Blueberry Hill (Berryz Go-Go)
Whack the Stack
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #113]
Nov. 17, 2002, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
Line Up
Catch It
Gauntlet
Single Roller
Ball Cupping
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #115]
Nov. 18, 2002, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
Line Up
High Rollers
Slip Way
Gauntlet
Skittles
Single Roller
Dominoes
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #117]
Nov. 19, 2002, midnight
S1E21 - Episode 21
Bite the Bun
Skipping Stones
Gauntlet
Sumo Rings
Roller Derby
Dominoes
Poles Apart
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #118]
Nov. 20, 2002, midnight
S1E22 - Episode 22
Match Maker
Skipping Stones
High Rollers
Gauntlet
Wipe Out
Skittles
Single Roller
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #119]
Nov. 21, 2002, midnight
S1E23 - Episode 23
Foot Loose
Wipe Out
Catch It
Gauntlet
Dragon Lake (New)
Run Way (On the Rocks)
High Rollers
Poles Apart
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #120]
Nov. 22, 2002, midnight
S1E24 - Episode 24
Bite the Bun
Slip Way
Skipping Stones
Dragon Lake (New)
Velcro Fly
High Rollers
Bridge Ball
Karaoke
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #121]
Nov. 23, 2002, midnight
S1E25 - Episode 25
Match Maker
Gauntlet
Sumo Rings
Skipping Stones
Show of Hands
Wipe Out
Quake
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #122]
Nov. 24, 2002, midnight
S1E26 - Episode 26
Bite the Bun
Honeycomb Maze
Run Way
Slip Way
Sumo Rings
Quake
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #123]
Nov. 25, 2002, midnight
S1E27 - Episode 27 (Womens' Special)
Bite the Bun
Honeycomb Maze
Run Way
Skipping Stones
Skittles
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Karaoke
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #124]
Nov. 26, 2002, midnight
S1E28 - Episode 28
Roulette
Skipping Stones
Gauntlet
Ball Cupping
Skittles
Wipe Out
High Rollers
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #125]
Nov. 27, 2002, midnight
S1E29 - Episode 29
Roulette
Dragon Lake (New)
Gauntlet
Skipping Stones
Wipe Out
Quake
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #126]
Nov. 28, 2002, midnight
S1E30 - Episode 30
Fortress
Gauntlet
High Rollers
Catch It
Dragon Lake (New)
Sumo Rings
Wipe Out
Skipping Stones
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #127]
Nov. 29, 2002, midnight
S1E31 - Episode 31
Great Wall
Slipped Disks
Honeycomb Maze
Knock Knock
Wipe Out
Show of Hands
Skipping Stones
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #085]
Nov. 30, 2002, midnight
S1E32 - Episode 32 (International Special)
Slippery Wall
Slipped Disks
Square Maze
Skipping Stones
Knock Knock
Dragon Lake
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #012]
Dec. 1, 2002, midnight
S1E33 - Episode 33 (Couples' Special)
In the Sack
Slipped Disks
Honeycomb Maze
Roll the Dice
Walk the Plank
Quake
Karaoke
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #036]
Dec. 2, 2002, midnight
S1E34 - Episode 34 (Womens' Special)
Great Wall
Slipped Disks
Skipping Stones
The Run Way
Home Run
Grid Iron
Quake
High Rollers
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #075]
Dec. 3, 2002, midnight
S1E35 - Episode 35 (International Special)
Bite the Bun
Slipped Disks
Honeycomb Maze
Skipping Stones
Sumo Rings
Quake
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #083]
Dec. 4, 2002, midnight
S1E36 - Episode 36
Match Maker
Slipped Disks
Honeycomb Maze
Roller Derby
Skipping Stones
The Dragon Lake
High Rollers
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #084]
Dec. 5, 2002, midnight
S1E37 - Episode 37 (Women's special)
Knock Knock (II)
Honeycomb Maze
Wipe Out
Rice Bowl Down Hill
(Bum) Sumo Rings
Dragon Lake
Karaoke
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #096]
Dec. 6, 2002, midnight
S1E38 - Episode 38 (Couples' Special)
Knock Knock (II)
Walk the Plank
Wipe Out
Rice Bowl Down Hill
Blueberry Hill
Velcro Fly
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #098]
Dec. 7, 2002, midnight
S1E39 - Episode 39
Match Maker
Skipping Stones
Honeycomb Maze
Roller Derby
Slip Way
Wipe Out
Bridge Ball
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #099]
Dec. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E40 - Episode 40 (Teenagers' Special)
Bite the Bun
Wet Paint
High Rollers
Quake
Run Way
Wipe Out
Velcro Fly
Skipping Stones
Show Down (v2)
[Original Japanese Episode #105]
Dec. 9, 2002, midnight
Network: Spike
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 3660 min.
Released: Nov. 1, 2002
Last Air Date: June 1, 2005, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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