Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.
Director:
Takashi Miike
Writer:
Masaru Nakamura
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Naoto Takenaka as Riichi's father |
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Yuki Nagata as Riichi |
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Saki Takaoka as Miss Itô |
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Toshikazu Nakaba as |
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Akihiro Shimizu as Nakamura |
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Yoshinori Yasuda as Sada |
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Setsuko Karasuma as Riichi's mother |
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Takeshi Caesar as Riichi's uncle |
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Matsunosuke Shofukutei as Riichi's grandfather |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Masaru Nakamura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yoshiya Obara | Sound Designer |
| Production | Toshiaki Nakazawa | Producer |
| Production | Masao Kimura | Producer |
| Production | Yasuhiko Furusato | Producer |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Writing | Riichi Nakaba | Original Story |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
