--- title: 'Kids Return (1996)' type: 'film' director: 'Takeshi Kitano' released: '1996-01-01' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kids-return-1996' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116767/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Kids Return (1996) 1996 · 107 min · Drama · Japan Original title: キッズ・リターン ## Synopsis Kids Return is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After undergoing extensive surgery and physical therapy, he quickly went about making Kids Return amidst speculation that he might never be able to work again. The movie is about two high school dropouts, Masaru and Shinji, who try to find a direction and meaning in their lives—one by becoming a yakuza lieutenant, the other by becoming a boxer. ## Credits - **Director:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - **Screenplay:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - **Editor:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - **Original Music Composer:** [Joe Hisaishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hisaishi) - **Producer:** [Masayuki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-mori-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Katsumi Yanagishima](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsumi-yanagishima) ## Cast - [Yūko Daike](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-daike) - [Masanobu Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-ando) - [Susumu Terajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-terajima) - [Kanji Tsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanji-tsuda) - [Ryo Ishibashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryo-ishibashi) - [Takashi Hagino](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-hagino) - [Ren Ōsugi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ren-osugi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/MOVIE/WORK/sixth.html Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kids-return-1996 Film facts: Wikidata (Q670964); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.