---
title: 'Kikujiro (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Takeshi Kitano'
released: '1999-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 117
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kikujiro-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199683/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kikujiro (1999)

1999 · PG-13 · 117 min · Comedy · Japan

Original title: 菊次郎の夏

## Synopsis

Kikujiro  is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

## 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), [Yoshinori Ōta](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshinori-ota)
- **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

- [Kazuko Yoshiyuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuko-yoshiyuki)
- [Great Gidayu](https://cinepixo.com/people/great-gidayu)
- [Beat Kiyoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beat-kiyoshi)
- [Kayoko Kishimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/kayoko-kishimoto)
- [Fumie Hosokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumie-hosokawa)
- [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano)
- [Akaji Maro](https://cinepixo.com/people/akaji-maro)
- [Yūko Daike](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-daike)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/kikujiro/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kikujiro-1999
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1091097); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.