Kids Return (1996)

Synopsis: Two trouble-making, teenage bullies drop-out of school to try and become successful in the real world. One becomes a small-time boxer and the other joins the Yakuza gang. They manage to achieve... Two trouble-making, teenage bullies drop-out of school to try and become successful in the real world. One becomes a small-time boxer and the other joins the Yakuza gang. They manage to achieve prosperity, but their reckless nature inevitably returns and they soon learn the real world is a lot less forgiving then the schoolyard. A combination of violence, humor, and visual poetry from famed Japanese director Takeshi "Beat" Kitano (VIOLENT COP, KIKUJIRO.) [More]

Starring: Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto

Starring: Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Director: Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Producer: Masayuki Mori, Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida
Composer: Joe Hisaishi

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