Kikujiro
Summary:
After the success of Hana-Bi (1997), Takeshi Kitano, or 'Beat' Takeshi, as he is often called, made another film in which once again he is the director, screenwriter, editor, the leading player and the talent behind the art work. Unlike many of his films about the violent lives of the yakuza, Kikujiro is a bittersweet road movie about two characters who have very little in co... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Takeshi Kitano - (Kikujiro)
Yusuke Sekiguchi - (Masao)
Kayoko Kishimoto - (Kikujiro's wife)
Yûko Daike - (Masao's mother)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki - (Masao's grandmother)
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Review:
For Western audiences familiar with Takeshi Kitano's renowned yakuza sagas, Kikujiro, a buoyant surrealist road movie will be something of a surprise. Fearing that he would be type-cast abroad as a director of gangster flicks, Kitano skews most of the two-fisted motifs of his previous work and directs a film that consciously recalls The ... Continue >>
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