Kids Return
Original title: Kizzu ritân
“We haven't even started.”
1996 · 1 h 47 min
Cast
Masanobu Ando
Ken KanekoCredits
Written by: 
Takeshi Kitano
Plot
Two high-school friends choose between boxing and crime.
Sinekatalog’s take
Takeshi Kitano's drama follows two school friends drifting into boxing and crime, then back. Melancholy and understated, with Joe Hisaishi's lovely score, it is a gentle meditation on youth and failure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (7,459 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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