Kids Return

6.9
  • Genre: DramaCrime
  • Run time: 107 min
  • Premiere: 1996. July 27.

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.

Discover

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

Masami Shimojō

Yakuza Chairman

Yoshitaka Ôtsuka

Short-hair Delinquent

Yojin Hino

Taxi Office Worker

Ren Osugi

Taxi Passenger

Makoto Ashikawa

Teacher Hashida

Sei Hiraizumi

Scale Company Boss

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Man in the Restaurant

Koutarou Yoshida

Eagle Asuka

Seiji Kurasaki

Senior Friend at a Gym

Matsumi Fuku

Movie Theater Clerk

Kôjun Itô

Teacher with Glasses

Takao Toji

Man on Bicycle

Kyosuke Yabe

Hanayama

Motoharu Tamura

Ramen Shop Owner

Koji Kitakawa

High School Student

Kankuro Kudo

High School Student

Peking Genji

Classmate

Kazuki Oh

Sr. Hashida

Koji Koike

Boxing Trainee

Emiko Onda

Ramen Shop Lady

Rome Kanda

Snack Boy

Satoru Abe

Yakuza Guard

Takeshi Azuma

Boxing Trainee

Kentarô Fuchigami

Impressed Man

Takashi Hagino

Classmate

Yoshiko Sekino

Classmate

Hajime Taniguchi

Hiroshi's Man

Hikaru Ishii

Assistant Boxer

Kyohhei Mita

Shinji's Opponent

Masanori Miura

Champion's Opponent

Kazuyuki Senba

Yakuza Boss

Hiromi Kikai

Taxi Customer

Jumbo Sugita

Big Man

Yasushi Sakagami

Bully (uncredited)

Satomi Korogi

Classmate (uncredited)

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

Lighting

Production

Yasushi Tsuge

Producer

Takio Yoshida

Producer

Masayuki Mori

Producer

Sound

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Masashi Furuya

Sound Assistant

Masahiko Okase

Sound Effects Editor

Yukio Hokari

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

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

Lighting

Production

Yasushi Tsuge

Producer

Takio Yoshida

Producer

Masayuki Mori

Producer

Sound

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Masashi Furuya

Sound Assistant

Masahiko Okase

Sound Effects Editor

Yukio Hokari

Sound Effects Editor

Writing