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Kikujirô no natsu (1999)
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Writer:
Takeshi Kitano (written by)
Release Date:
26 May 2000 (USA)
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Plot:
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao who...
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Plot Keywords:
Travel
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Road Movie
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Road
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Bicycle Race
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Love
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Awards:
4 wins
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3 nominations
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User Comments:
A wonderful, delightful movie
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Takeshi Kitano | ... | Kikujiro (as Beat Takeshi) | |
| Yusuke Sekiguchi | ... | Masao | |
| Kayoko Kishimoto | ... | Kikujiro's Wife | |
| Yûko Daike | ... | Masao's Mother | |
| Kazuko Yoshiyuki | ... | Masao's Grandmother | |
| Beat Kiyoshi | ... | Man at Bus Stop | |
| Gurêto Gidayû | ... | Biker / Fatso | |
| Rakkyo Ide | ... | Biker / Baldy | |
| Nezumi Mamura | ... | Traveling Man | |
| Fumie Hosokawa | ... | Juggler Girl | |
| Akaji Maro | ... | Scary Man | |
| Daigaku Sekine | ... | Yakuza Boss | |
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| Makoto Inamiya | ... | Yakuza Henchman | |
| Hisahiko Murasawa | ... | Yakuza Henchman | |
| Fuyu Ooba | ... | Hostess | |
| Shûji Ôtsuki | |||
| Yôji Tanaka | ... | Yakuza Henchman | |
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Rated PG-13 for a threatening incident.
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121 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:18+ (Ontario) |
South Korea:All |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-11 (VET id: 101474) |
France:U |
Hong Kong:IIA |
New Zealand:M |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13
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Kikujiro:
You're a farmer, huh?
Man at Bus Stop: No, no. I'm a banker.
Kikujiro: You're kidding. With a face like that?
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Man at Bus Stop: No, no. I'm a banker.
Kikujiro: You're kidding. With a face like that?
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Movie Connections:
References Stand by Me (1986)
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Soundtrack:
Summer
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From its hauntingly beautiful soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi to the wonderful characters who inhabit Takeshi Kitano's magical Japan - everything in this movie comes together to make this one of modern cinema's truly underrated masterpiece.
The story involves a petty thug, Kikujiro, who is coerced into accompanying a young boy, Masao, on his cross country journey to find his birth mother. Along the way they meet a whole host of characters. Some friendly, some mysterious, some quirky, some abrasive, but all of them refreshingly human.
A lesser writer or director would have settled for a quick dose of weirdness from the main characters' fellow wanderers, but Takeshi Kitano milks them for all of the depth and endearment that the too few minutes we are graced with their presence allows.
If you enjoyed the whimsical, go-nowhere feel of Lost in Translation, you will LOVE this movie. In my opinion Beat Takeshi's efforts blow Sophia Coppola's out of the water.
Nine out of ten.