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Kids Return
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.
1996 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 107 min · Drama · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
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Crew
- Written by: Takeshi Kitano
- Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
- Edited by: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota
- Music: Joe Hisaishi
- Production design: Hirohide Shibata
- Produced by: Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori
Cast
- Masanobu Ando as Shinji
- Ken Kaneko as Masaru
- Leo Morimoto as Homeroom Teacher
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Boxing Club Manager
- Mitsuko Oka as Sachiko's Mother
- Yuko Daike as Sachiko
- Ryo Ishibashi as Local Yakuza Chief
- Susumu Terajima as No. 2 in Local Gang
- Moro Morooka as Hayashi
- Michisuke Kashiwaya as Hiroshi
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Ohta Publishing
- Budget: $125,000
- Themes: high school, japan, yakuza, bullying, flashback, boxing
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