Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them.
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Title: Kids Return (1996)
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14 wins & 2 nominations.
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Ken Kaneko | ... | Masaru |
| Masanobu Andô | ... | Shinji | |
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Leo Morimoto | ... | Teacher |
| Hatsuo Yamaya | ... | Boxing Club Manager | |
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Michisuke Kashiwaya | ... | Hiroshi |
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Mitsuko Oka | ... | Coffee-shop Owner, Sachiko's Mother |
| Yûko Daike | ... | Sachiko | |
| Ryo Ishibashi | ... | Local Yakuza Chief | |
| Susumu Terajima | ... | No 2 In Local Gang | |
| Moro Morooka | ... | Hayashi | |
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Peking Genji | ||
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Atsuki Ueda | ... | Reiko |
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Kôtarô Yoshida | ... | Eagle Asuka |
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Takekazu Shigehisa | ... | Trainer (as Koichi Shigehisa) |
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Kyôsuke Yabe | ... | Delinquent group |
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Two buddies visit the schoolyard of the high school they used to attend, and remember their young and dumb days. They used to be the bullies in the school, until they find their own ways of life; one as a boxer, and the other as a member of the yakuza. Written by <H@jime>
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Masaru: Hell no. We haven't even started.
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Shinji: Masaru, do you think we're already finished?Masaru: Hell no. We haven't even started.
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27 July 1996 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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With this film Takeshi takes a look back at the past in the lives of several men who are in the same school. The two protagonists each choose their own direction: one becomes a boxer, the other joins the yakuza. The story is a reflection on how the choices a man makes can affect their lives and their relationships. As always the drama is interwoven with occasional scenes of violence, and the comedy is dark but never too depressing. Everything about Kids Return is good, and therefore another great piece of Japanse film-making.