Kids Return (1996)
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.
Director: Takeshi Kitano
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Ken Kaneko as Masaru |
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Masanobu Ando as Shinji |
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Leo Morimoto as Homeroom Teacher |
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Hatsuo Yamaya as Boxing Club Manager |
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Mitsuko Oka as Sachiko's Mother |
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Yuko Daike as Sachiko |
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Ryo Ishibashi as Local Yakuza Chief |
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Susumu Terajima as No. 2 in Local Gang |
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Moro Morooka as Hayashi |
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Michisuke Kashiwaya as Hiroshi |
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Atsuki Ueda as Reiko |
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Koichi Shigehisa as Trainer |
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Masami Shimojō as Yakuza Chairman |
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Yoshitaka Ôtsuka as Short-hair Delinquent |
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Kanji Tsuda as Kazuo |
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Yojin Hino as Taxi Office Worker |
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Ren Osugi as Taxi Passenger |
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Baiken Jukkanji as Yakuza |
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Makoto Ashikawa as Teacher Hashida |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Scale Company Boss |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Man in the Restaurant |
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Koutarou Yoshida as Eagle Asuka |
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Seiji Kurasaki as Senior Friend at a Gym |
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Matsumi Fuku as Movie Theater Clerk |
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Kojun Ito as Teacher with Glasses |
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Takao Toji as Man on Bicycle |
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Kyosuke Yabe as Hanayama |
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Motoharu Tamura as Ramen Shop Owner |
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Koji Kitakawa as High School Student |
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Kankuro Kudo as High School Student |
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Peking Genji as Classmate |
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Kazuki Oh as Sr. Hashida |
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Shintarô Hasegawa as Classmate |
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Koji Koike as Boxing Trainee |
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Hirokazu Inoue as Vagrant |
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Hajime Tanimoto as Teacher |
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Rome Kanda as Snack Boy |
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Satoru Abe as Yakuza Guard |
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Takeshi Azuma as Boxing Trainee |
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Kentarô Fuchigami as Impressed Man |
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Takashi Hagino as Classmate |
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Yoshiko Sekino as Classmate |
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Hajime Taniguchi as Hiroshi's Man |
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Hikaru Ishii as Assistant Boxer |
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Kyohhei Mita as Shinji's Opponent |
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Masanori Miura as Champion's Opponent |
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Kazuyuki Senba as Yakuza Boss |
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Hiromi Kikai as Taxi Customer |
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Jumbo Sugita as Big Man |
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Yasushi Sakagami as Bully (uncredited) |
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Satomi Korogi as Classmate (uncredited) |
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Emiko Onda as Ramen Shop Lady |
| Art | Norihiro Isoda | Art Direction |
| Production | Takio Yoshida | Producer |
| Directing | Takeshi Kitano | Director |
| Editing | Takeshi Kitano | Editor |
| Writing | Takeshi Kitano | Writer |
| Production | Yasushi Tsuge | Producer |
| Art | Tatsuo Ozeki | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Masayuki Mori | Producer |
| Sound | Masashi Furuya | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michio Miyauchi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Senji Horiuchi | Sound |
| Art | Hirohide Shibata | Production Design |
| Lighting | Hitoshi Takaya | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hitoshi Takaya | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Masahiko Okase | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Yukio Hokari | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
