Kikujiro
Kikujiro is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Masao, a young boy, who lives alone with his grandmother in an old Shitamachi area of Tokyo, receives a package, and in looking for a seal finds a photo of his long lost mother. He finds her address in Toyohashi, several hundred miles to the west. Leaving home to see his mother, he meets his grandmother's neighbors, Kikujiro and his wife. Kikujiro's wife forces the sleazy, lazy and brash Kikujiro to accompany Masao on a journey to see his mother, telling Masao's grandmother that they are going to the beach.
More details
author | Takeshi Kitano |
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contentLocation | Japan |
director | Takeshi Kitano |
editor | Takeshi Kitano Yoshinori Ōta |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | angel bell ringing bully child molester cycle force hitchhike housewife juggler kyūshū leaving home lost mother matsuri meet milky way morning nursing home on the road osaka shinto shrine shitamachi shooting game taxi taxicab tengu tokyo toyohashi track cycling west yakitori young boy |
musicBy | Joe Hisaishi |
nomination | Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year |
producer | Masayuki Mori Shinji Komiya Takio Yoshida |
productionCompany | Bandai Visual Tokyo FM |
publisher | Office Kitano |
recordedAt | Japan |
theme | dance japanese road movie |