Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)
A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writer:
Taichi Yamada
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Tetsuya Fujita as Shinji Kazama |
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Yuji Horioka as Takeshi Ohara |
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Kazuyo Mita as Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji) |
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Katsuhisa Yamazaki as Futoshi Tanabe |
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Noritake Kobinata as Kensuke Sudo |
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Atsuko Koyama as Minako Saiki |
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Shima Iwashita as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother) |
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Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father) |
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Mitsue Suzuki as Kazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother) |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji) |
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Saburo Date as Takeno Grandfather |
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Nobutaka Masutomi as Father of Noh |
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Moeko Ezawa as Futoshi's mother |
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Nobuko Sendo as Akiko (Futoshi's older sister) |
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Shinsuke Ashida as |
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Hideji Ōtaki as |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tatsuo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |
| Writing | Fujiko A. Fujio | Comic Book |
| Writing | Taichi Yamada | Screenplay |
| Production | Masao Nagai | Producer |
| Production | Masaru Koibuchi | Producer's Assistant |
| Writing | Hyozo Kashiwabara | Novel |
| Lighting | Kenichi Mizuno | Gaffer |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Production Design |
| Art | Akira Kanda | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Yosui Inoue | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Sound | Yosui Inoue | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | 川崎努 | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Kozo Sudo | Assistant Director |
| Camera | 佐藤芳夫 | Still Photographer |