Kids Return (1996)

Original title

キッズ・リターン

Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

Genre

drama film, boxing film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

U

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 341 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two high school dropouts try to find purpose. One becomes a yakuza lieutenant and the other becomes a boxer.

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What happens

Kids Return (キッズ・リターン, Kizzu Ritān) is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After undergoing extensive surgery and physical therapy, he quickly went about making Kids Return amidst speculation that he might never be able to work again. The movie is about two high school dropouts, Masaru (Ken Kaneko) and Shinji (Masanobu Andō), who try to find a direction and meaning in their lives—one by becoming a yakuza lieutenant, the other by becoming a boxer. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi, and the cinematographer was Katsumi Yanagishima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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