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Mood:
- RoughTense
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Plot:
- Athlete's LifeComing of AgeContests and CompetitionsFriendshipHigh School LifeTeenage LifeAmbitionRivalry more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- High SchoolSchool
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Kids Return, 1996
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Kids Return
Kids Return can be described as rough and tense. The plot revolves around the life of an athlete, high school life, and contests and competitions. The main genres are drama and foreign. In approach, Kids Return is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a school. It takes place in the 1990s. Kids Return has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Kids Return
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.)
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 27 July 1996 |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
Cast and Crew
as Shinji
as Masaru
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