Reviews and Articles
  • Log in to Add Reviews, Videos, Etc
  • Places to Buy

    Searching for products...

    Item Images
    About This Item

    Unique ID Code: 0000172707
    Added by: Jitendar Canth
    Added on: 8/2/2016 18:54
    View Changes

    Kikujiro

    10 / 10
    1 vote cast
    Rate this item
    Inline Image

    Takeshi Kitano's award-winning classic now available on bluray with a new 2K remaster from Office Kitano!
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 122 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
    Release Date:
    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    It’s summer and little Masao has no one to play with. With soccer practice suspended and his friends away at the beach, living alone with his grandmother seems even less fun for a nine-year-old boy.

    With address and photo in hand, Masao decides to take off in search of the mother he’s never met. But with little money and even less sense of direction, Masao can’t go alone. A friend of his grandmother volunteers her husband to accompany the boy on his quest.

    Kikujiro hardly seems an ideal companion for anyone, let alone for a boy as sensitive as the sullen Masao. Brash, loudmouthed and always on the lookout for easy money, the irresponsible Kikujiro doesn’t even appear to be overly fond of children.

    Kikujiro’s excursion to the cycle races is the first of a series of adventures for the unlikely pair. Theirs will be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with many a zany surprise and oddball character to meet along the way. All to discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. All to show wide-eyed Masao that the world, as he’s known it, is not without magic.

    By the bittersweet trip’s end, Masao will have collected a wealth of information for his “What I Did Last Summer” project. And for Kikujiro, the heart-warming lesson that sometimes it takes a child’s games to help us see exactly what went wrong with our own lives.

    Special Features:
    Making Of (92:57)

    Video Tracks:
    1.85:1 widescreen 1080p

    Audio Tracks:
    DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo Japanese

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Takeshi Kitano

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Rakkyo Ide
    Great Gidayu
    Kazuko Yoshiyuki
    Yuuko Daike
    Kayoko Kishimoto
    Yusuke Sekiguchi
    Takeshi Kitano

    Casting By:
    Takefumi Yoshikawa

    Soundtrack By:
    Joe Hisaishi

    Director of Photography:
    Katsumi Yanagishima

    Editor:
    Yoshinori Oota
    Takeshi Kitano

    Production Designer:
    Tatsuo Ozeki

    Producer:
    Takio Yoshida
    Masayuki Mori
    Shinji Komiya

    Distributor:
    Third Window Films

    Your Opinions and Comments

    Be the first to post a comment!