Kids Return

Synopsis

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Trailer

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Cast

Masanobu Ando

Shinji

Ken Kaneko

Masaru

Leo Morimoto

Homeroom Teacher

Hatsuo Yamaya

Boxing Club Manager

Mitsuko Oka

Sachiko's Mother

Yuko Daike

Sachiko

Ryo Ishibashi

Local Yakuza Chief

Susumu Terajima

No. 2 in Local Gang

Moro Morooka

Hayashi

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Michisuke Kashiwaya

Hiroshi

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Atsuki Ueda

Reiko

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Koichi Shigehisa

Trainer

Masami Shimojō

Yakuza Chairman

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Yoshitaka Ôtsuka

Short-hair Delinquent

Kanji Tsuda

Kazuo

Yojin Hino

Taxi Office Worker

Ren Osugi

Taxi Passenger

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Baiken Jukkanji

Yakuza

Makoto Ashikawa

Teacher Hashida

Sei Hiraizumi

Scale Company Boss

Crew

Art

• Tatsuo Ozeki Set Decoration
• Norihiro Isoda Art Direction
• Hirohide Shibata Production Design

Camera

• Hitoshi Takaya Assistant Camera
• Katsumi Yanagijima Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Michio Miyauchi Hairstylist

Directing

• Takeshi Kitano Director
• Hiroshi Shimizu Assistant Director

Editing

• Takeshi Kitano Editor
• Yoshinori Ota Editor

Lighting

• Hitoshi Takaya Gaffer

Production

• Yasushi Tsuge Producer
• Takio Yoshida Producer
• Masayuki Mori Producer

Sound

• Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
• Masashi Furuya Sound Assistant
• Senji Horiuchi Sound
• Masahiko Okase Sound Effects Editor
• Yukio Hokari Sound Effects Editor

Writing

• Takeshi Kitano Writer

Photos