Kikujiro (1999)
Kikujiro (1999)


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Cast & Crew.

Takeshi Kitano
Kikujiro / Screenplay / Editor / Director

Yusuke Sekiguchi
Masao

Kayoko Kishimoto
Kikujiro's Wife

Yuko Daike
Masao's Mother

The Great Gidayû
Biker

Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Masao's Grandmother

Beat Kiyoshi
Man at Bus Stop

The Great Gidayû
Biker Fatso

Rakkyo Ide
Biker Baldy

Nezumi Imamura
An-chan

Fumie Hosokawa
Juggler Girl

Akaji Maro
Crazy Man

Daigaku Sekine
Yakuza Boss

Makoto Inamiya
Yakuza Henchman #1

Hisahiko Murasawa
Yakuza Henchman #2

Yoji Tanaka
Yakuza Henchman #3

Kanako Kojima
Hostess #1

Fuyu Ooba
Hostess #2

Yuko Yasui
Hostess #3

Chiyomi Matsumoto
Hostess #4

Hidehisa Ebata
Stall-keeper

Isamu Ishizaka
Tengu

Kenta Arai
Masao's Friend

Shinobu Ookawa
Kind Woman (uncredited)

Hirotsugu Kurosu
Juggler Girl's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Takeshi Ōnishi
Truck Driver (uncredited)

Naoto Seshimo
Tap Dancing Barista (uncredited)

Kuniharu Tokunaga
Groundkeeper (uncredited)

Yoshiyuki Ukon
Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography

Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer

Takio Yoshida
Producer

Shinji Komiya
Line Producer / Production Manager

Norihiro Isoda
Art Direction

Takefumi Yoshikawa
Casting

Tatsuo Ozeki
Production Design

Yoshinori Ota
Editor

Masayuki Mori
Producer

Hiroshi Shimizu
Assistant Director
Media.








Details.
Release DateJune 5, 1999
Original Name菊次郎の夏
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Filming LocationsJapan
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This Movie Is About.
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Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu (菊次郎の夏, literally "Kikujirō's Summer")) is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
Kikujiro tells the story of a young boy searching for his mother during his summer vacation. The film is mostly divided into smaller chapters, listed as entries in the boy's summer vacation diary. Kitano's inspiration for the character (not the film) was his own father, Kikujiro Kitano, a gambler who struggled to feed his family and pay the rent.
Similar to his earlier works Getting Any? and A Scene at the Sea, Kitano references the yakuza only tangentially in Kikujiro, a departure from his work in crime dramas such as Sonatine and Hana-bi. Aimed at the whole family, the film was allegedly inspired by The Wizard of Oz with the basic premise being a road trip. Kitano's familiar elements and locales are present: drawings, vignettes, the seaside, and angels. Although the plot is composed largely of sad events, the film often has a light-hearted atmosphere, achieved mostly through Kitano's character and his somewhat bizarre encounters.
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