Kids Return

Infobox Film | name = Kids Return
director = Takeshi Kitano
producer = Masayuki Mori
writer = Takeshi Kitano
music = Joe Hisaishi
starring = Masanobu Ando
Ken Kaneko
Leo Morimoto
Hatsuo Yamatani
Michisuke Kashiwaya
Mitsuko Oka
Yuuko Daike
Ryo Ishibashi
cinematography = Katsumi Yanagishima
editing = Takeshi Kitano
distributor = flagicon|Japan Office Kitano
released =
runtime = 103 min
language = Japanese
budget =
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followed_by =
amg_id = 1:136335
imdb_id = 0116767nihongo|"Kids Return"|キッズ・リターン|"Kizzu Ritān" is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After extensive surgery and physical therapy he quickly went about making "Kids Return" amidst speculation that he might never be able to work again. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi, and the cinematographer was Katsumi Yanagishima.

Plot

The movie is about two high school dropouts, Masaru (Ken Kaneko) and Shinji (Masanobu Ando), who try to find a direction and meaning in their lives—one by becoming a yakuza lieutenant, the other by becoming a boxer.

Reception

At the time of its release it was his most successful film yet in his native Japan, which until then had been notedly much less enthusiastic about his films than international viewers.

External links

*imdb title|id=0116767|title=Kids Return
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Reviews
* [http://nipponcinema.com/db/review/kids_return Nippon Cinema]
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/15/kids_return.html] review from Senses of Cinema