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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two high school dropouts try to find purpose. One becomes a yakuza lieutenant and the other becomes a boxer.
contemplativelow-keyearnestbittersweetunderstatedintrospectivegrittypoignant
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)
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