Kids Return

Kids Return (キッズ・リターン, Kizzu Ritān) is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After undergoing extensive surgery and physical therapy, he quickly went about making Kids Return amidst speculation that he might never be able to work again. The movie is about two high school dropouts, Masaru (Ken Kaneko) and Shinji (Masanobu Andō), who try to find a direction and meaning in their livesone by becoming a yakuza lieutenant, the other by becoming a boxer.

Kids Return
Directed byTakeshi Kitano
Written byTakeshi Kitano
Produced byMasayuki Mori
Yasushi Tsuge
Takio Yoshida
StarringMasanobu Andō
Ken Kaneko
Leo Morimoto
Hatsuo Yamatani
Michisuke Kashiwaya
Mitsuko Oka
Yuuko Daike
Ryo Ishibashi
CinematographyKatsumi Yanagishima
Edited byTakeshi Kitano
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Distributed byOffice Kitano
Release date
  • July 27, 1996 (1996-07-27)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi, and the cinematographer was Katsumi Yanagishima.

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