Takeshi's Castle (1986)

Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him.

• First Air Date: 1986-05-02
• Last Air Date: 1989-03-24
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 49
• Episode Runtime: 54 min.
• Network: TBS