Kids Return

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.

Cast

Masanobu Ando

as Shinji

Ken Kaneko

as Masaru

Leo Morimoto

as Homeroom Teacher

Hatsuo Yamaya

as Boxing Club Manager

Mitsuko Oka

as Sachiko's Mother

Yuko Daike

as Sachiko

Ryo Ishibashi

as Local Yakuza Chief

Susumu Terajima

as No. 2 in Local Gang

Moro Morooka

as Hayashi

Michisuke Kashiwaya

as Hiroshi

Reviews

badelf

**Summary: 7/10: an unforced, wryly funny meditation on failure, and Kitano's most tender work, arguing that a life spent circling is not the same thing as a life wasted.** Two boys ride one bicycle in slow circles around an empty schoolyard. The film opens on that image and returns to it at th...

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