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Kids Return

Kids Return

1996 · 107 min · JA · 6.9 (350 votes)
Dir. Takeshi Kitano · Starring Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto, Hatsuo Yamaya, Mitsuko Oka, Yuko Daike · Music Joe Hisaishi · Kids Return

“We haven't even started.”

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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.

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A poignant, unflinching look at two aimless youths drifting through life. It captures the quiet desperation and fading hope of adolescence, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy and what-ifs.

melancholicnostalgicbleakwistfulgrittysteadyslice-of-liferealist dramacoming-of-agedisillusionmentlost youthconsequencesmasculinity
high schooljapanyakuzabullyingflashbackboxing
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