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Touching Humorous Sentimental Bittersweet
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Gangsters Obsessive Quest Parents and Children Ambition Crimes Dishonesty Escapades Hopes more...
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Drama Foreign Comedy
Time/Period:
20th Century 90s
Place:
Asia Japan
Audience:
Date Night Family Outing
Praise:
Award Winner
Style:
On the Road Surreal
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Semi Serious Realistic Slow

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Kikujiro, 1999

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto

Directed by: Takeshi Kitano

Written by: Takeshi Kitano

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Runtime: 121 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.7

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The mood of Kikujiro is touching, bittersweet, and sentimental. The plot centers around an obsessive quest, gangsters, and ambition. It is a drama, foreign, and comedy movie. Stylistically, Kikujiro is surreal and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is realistic. The pacing is slow. Kikujiro is set in Japan. It happens in the 1990s. The movie is known for being an award winner. Kikujiro is especially suggested for a date night and a family outing.

Summary of Kikujiro

Beat Takeshi directs this surprisingly gentle, ultimately uplifting story about faith and hope. Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) is a lonely 8-year-old boy who decides to spend his summer vacation looking for his estranged mother, whom he has never met. Kikujiro (Takeshi) is an immature man who has never had any serious responsibilities. When his wife gives him 50,000 yen to travel with Masao, the journey begins. As the two slowly grow to accept one another, they both learn powerful lessons about life and friendship.

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Language:	Japanese
Country:	Japan
Release date:	26 May 2000
Runtime:	121 min

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Takeshi Kitano

as Kikujiro

Yusuke Sekiguchi

as Masao

Kayoko Kishimoto

as Kikujiro's Wife

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Philadelphia Inquirer

No one has done the journey quite like Takeshi Kitano in Kikujiro Full Review

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by: Desmond Ryan

San Francisco Chronicle

The comic drama is refreshingly anti- sentimental but will break your heart anyway. Full Review

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by: Bob Graham

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Beat it kid - (do you see what i did there!)

Following my opus review of Harold and Maude I continue my reviews of buddy movies and romcoms with weird ages gaps. If you've never seen a Takeshi Beat Takano movie this one might not be the one to start with - but if you like anything by Kim Ki... Read and rate it

23.January.2009
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by: Alfred Chubb
Alfred Chubb rated this movie0/10

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