L'estate di Kikujiro (1999)
Tokio. È estate e la scuola è finita. Per il piccolo Masao, che vive con la nonna da quando sua madre si è trasferita un una nuova cittadina, si prospetta un periodo di vacanza da passare in solitudine: la nonna deve lavorare e gli amici di scuola sono tutti partiti. Dopo aver trovato una foto di sua mamma con l'indirizzo della nuova residenza, Masao decide di andare a cercarla, ma non può affrontare il viaggio da solo. Ad accompagnarlo nella sua ricerca ci pensa Kikujiro, un amico della nonna, uomo bizzarro, insolente, opportunista e rozzo. I due viaggiano attraverso il Giappone tra imprevisti e incontri bizzarri e l'avventura estiva si rivela per entrambi una importante lezione di vita.
Direttore:
Takeshi Kitano
Scrittore:
Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano as Kikujiro |
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Yusuke Sekiguchi as Masao |
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Kayoko Kishimoto as Kikujiro's Wife |
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Yuko Daike as Masao's Mother |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Masao's Grandmother |
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Beat Kiyoshi as Man at Bus Stop |
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The Great Gidayu as Biker Fatso |
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Rakkyo Ide as Biker Baldy |
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Nezumi Imamura as An-chan |
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Fumie Hosokawa as Juggler Girl |
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Akaji Maro as Crazy Man |
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Daigaku Sekine as Yakuza Boss |
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Makoto Inamiya as Yakuza Henchman #1 |
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Hisahiko Murasawa as Yakuza Henchman #2 |
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Yoji Tanaka as Yakuza Henchman #3 |
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Kanako Kojima as Hostess #1 |
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Fuyu Ooba as Hostess #2 |
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Yuko Yasui as Hostess #3 |
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松本智代美 as Hostess #4 |
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江端英久 as Stall-keeper |
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Isamu Ishizaka as Tengu |
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Kenta Arai as Masao's Friend |
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大河しのぶ as Kind Woman (uncredited) |
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Hirotsugu Kurosu as Juggler Girl's Boyfriend (uncredited) |
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大西武志 as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Naoto Seshimo as Tap Dancing Barista (uncredited) |
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Kuniharu Tokunaga as Groundkeeper (uncredited) |
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Yoshiyuki Ukon as Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Production | 小宮慎二 | Production Manager |
| Production | 吉田多喜男 | Producer |
| Camera | 柳島克己 | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Takeshi Kitano | Editor |
| Editing | 太田義則 | Editor |
| Production | 吉川威史 | Casting |
| Art | 尾関龍生 | Production Design |
| Art | 磯田典宏 | Art Direction |
| Directing | Takeshi Kitano | Director |
| Writing | Takeshi Kitano | Screenplay |
| Production | 小宮慎二 | Line Producer |
| Sound | 久石譲 | Original Music Composer |
| Production | 森昌行 | Producer |
| Directing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Assistant Director |
