Kikujiro
菊次郎の夏 (original)
In the tradition of Central Station comes KIKUJIRO, the highly acclaimed new film from Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, the award-winning director of (Fireworks, Hana-Bi and Sonatine). Lonely nine-year-old Masao leaves Tokyo in search of his mother, a woman he's never met. He's accompanied on his journey across the Japanese countryside by surly, middle-aged petty crook KIKUJIRO (Kitano), who is none too happy being the chaperone. When KIKUJIRO gambles away all of Masao's travel money, the two must rely on their wits and the kindness of colorful strangers. Along the way, as the two share a series of wild and unpredictable adventures, they end up at a destination that neither of them could have imagined.
Starring Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Yûko Daike, Yuko Daike, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Beat Kiyoshi, Gurêto Gidayû, Rakkyo Ide, Nezumi Mamura
Watch "Kikujiro" on Mubi released in 1999. It's a drama and family movie, and has a rating of 7.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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