Kids Return (1996)
1h 47m
Running Time
July 27, 1996Release Date
Kids Return (1996)
1h 47m
Running Time
July 27, 1996Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Where to Watch.


Currently Kids Return is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

Ken Kaneko
Masaru

Masanobu Ando
Shinji

Leo Morimoto
Homeroom Teacher

Hatsuo Yamaya
Boxing Club Manager

Mitsuko Oka
Sachiko's Mother

Yuko Daike
Sachiko

Ryo Ishibashi
Local Yakuza Chief

Susumu Terajima
No. 2 in Local Gang

Moro Morooka
Hayashi

Michisuke Kashiwaya
Hiroshi

Atsuki Ueda
Reiko

Koichi Shigehisa
Trainer

Masami Shimojō
Yakuza Chairman

Yoshitaka Ôtsuka
Short-hair Delinquent

Kanji Tsuda
Kazuo

Yojin Hino
Taxi Office Worker

Ren Osugi
Taxi Passenger

Baiken Jukkanji
Yakuza

Makoto Ashikawa
Teacher Hashida

Sei Hiraizumi
Scale Company Boss

Yoshiyuki Morishita
Man in the Restaurant

Koutarou Yoshida
Eagle Asuka

Seiji Kurasaki
Senior Friend at a Gym

Matsumi Fuku
Movie Theater Clerk

Kôjun Itô
Teacher with Glasses

Takao Toji
Man on Bicycle

Kyosuke Yabe
Hanayama

Motoharu Tamura
Ramen Shop Owner

Koji Kitakawa
High School Student

Kankuro Kudo
High School Student

Peking Genji
Classmate

Kazuki Oh
Sr. Hashida

Shintarô Hasegawa
Classmate

Koji Koike
Boxing Trainee

Hirokazu Inoue
Vagrant

Emiko Onda
Ramen Shop Lady

Hajime Tanimoto
Teacher

Rome Kanda
Snack Boy

Satoru Abe
Yakuza Guard

Takeshi Azuma
Boxing Trainee

Kentarô Fuchigami
Impressed Man

Takashi Hagino
Classmate

Yoshiko Sekino
Classmate

Hajime Taniguchi
Hiroshi's Man

Hikaru Ishii
Assistant Boxer

Kyohhei Mita
Shinji's Opponent

Masanori Miura
Champion's Opponent

Kazuyuki Senba
Yakuza Boss

Hiromi Kikai
Taxi Customer

Jumbo Sugita
Big Man

Yasushi Sakagami
Bully (uncredited)

Satomi Korogi
Classmate (uncredited)

Norihiro Isoda
Art Direction

Takio Yoshida
Producer

Takeshi Kitano
Director / Editor / Writer

Yasushi Tsuge
Producer

Tatsuo Ozeki
Set Decoration

Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer

Masayuki Mori
Producer

Masashi Furuya
Sound Assistant

Michio Miyauchi
Hairstylist

Senji Horiuchi
Sound

Hirohide Shibata
Production Design

Hitoshi Takaya
Gaffer / Assistant Camera

Masahiko Okase
Sound Effects Editor

Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects Editor

Hiroshi Shimizu
Assistant Director

Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography
Media.








Details.
Release DateJuly 27, 1996
Original Nameキッズ・リターン
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Budget$125,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
yakuza
high school
bullying
flashback
boxing
japan
Wiki.
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.
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