Kids Return

Kids Return (1996)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (3,870 ratings)

Following his 1995 brush with death in the form of a motorcycle accident, actor/comedian/writer/director Takeshi Kitano spins this wistful -- if bleak -- tale about a pair of high school buddies and their inevitable slide into adulthood. Bumptious Masaru (Kenichi Kaneko) and his quiet sidekick,… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
Takeshi Kitano
Written By
Takeshi Kitano
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Dec 12, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A most interesting and perceptive film.

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  • Anthony L


    Takeshi captures teenage angst, growing pains and uncertainty of adulthood brilliantly here, in his usual mischievous fashion. If you liked this then you should read his book 'Boy'. It is very similar and typical of his earlier work - This is gentle Kitano and not gangster… More

  • Tsubaki S


    For some reason i keep forgeting that i even own this movie, when it's such a great film for all the right reasons. A "coming of age" story without all the usual cliches and bullshit of those type of movies. The fear anyone has to the "adult life", to become… More

  • Luke B


    Takeshi Kitano captures, perfectly, that youthful fear of the unknown. Perhaps a fear that never truly goes away. This is the tale of adolescents that are conditioned to aim towards something from an early age, so early in fact, that the desire to change course is often ignored. In a… More