Kids Return

1996 · directed by Takeshi Kitano

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

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.

Kids Return (1996), directed by Takeshi Kitano, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Masanobu Ando
• Ken Kaneko
• Leo Morimoto
• Hatsuo Yamaya
• Mitsuko Oka
• Yuko Daike
• Ryo Ishibashi
• Susumu Terajima
• Moro Morooka
• Michisuke Kashiwaya

Crew

• Katsumi Yanagijima — Director of Photography
• Takeshi Kitano — Editor
• Yoshinori Ota — Editor
• Joe Hisaishi — Original Music Composer
• Takeshi Kitano — Writer

More from Takeshi Kitano

1. Fireworks (1997) — 82/100 · hit
2. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
3. Sonatine (1993) — 78/100
4. Boiling Point (1990) — 78/100
5. Zatoichi (2003) — 76/100
6. Violent Cop (1989) — 76/100

How these numbers work: Methodology