Kids Return
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Takeshi Kitano
Masanobu Ando
Ken Kaneko
Leo Morimoto
Hatsuo Yamaya
Mitsuko Oka
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An ironic and melancholic comedy concerning the trials of adolescent life which centers itself around two on-again off-again buddies, Shinji and Masaru, who encounter failure and defeat as they try to pursue their dreams, after roughing it through high school. Not unlike most of their peers, Shinji and Masaru's fates illustrate the crushing shortage of hope and opportunity facing contemporary Japanese youth.
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Cast
Masanobu Ando
Ken Kaneko
Leo Morimoto
Hatsuo Yamaya
Mitsuko Oka
Ryo Ishibashi
Susumu Terajima
Koichi Shigehisa
Michisuke Kashiwaya
Yuko Daike
Atsuki Ueda
Moro Morooka
Ren ôsugi
Masami Shimojo
Crew
Satoshi Aihara
Suginobu Hamada
Joe Hisaihi
Yukio Hokari
Senji Horikoshi
Norihiro Isoda
Ryouji Kasumi
Yoshiyuki Kishimoto
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Michio Miyauchi
Masayuki Mori
Akira Nakano
Hideko Nakata
Kikou Noutomi
Mmasahiko Okase
Shinsuke Ono
Noriyasu Sato
Toshibumi Seike
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hitoshi Takaya
Yasushi Tsuge
Masahiko Umezu
Shuji Yamashita
Yukio Yamashita
Yoshihito Yamazaki
Katsumi Yanagijima
Takio Yoshida
Takefumi Yoshikawa
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States May 1996
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States on Video December 12, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 9-20, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Takeshi Retrospective) September 27 - October 6, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Takeshi Retrospective) September 27 - October 6, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Japan Society) as part of program "The Offbeat World of Takeshi Kitano" October 25 - November 1, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States May 1996 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 9-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Asia) October 17-31, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video December 12, 2000
