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Kikujiro Director: Takeshi Kitano Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 116 minutes Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-12-12 Buy from Amazon |
 "What a summer Holiday !"Kikujiro no natsu is the latest offering by the Kitano. Unlike most of his back catalogue there is no death,suicide and shoot out (but Yakuza is still here , there is no way of getting away from these guys I guess) This film is basicly about a friendship between a little schoolboy and a rude, a bit thuggish middle aged man that is brilliantly portrayed by Kitano. After the arrival of the summer holiday little one wants to see his distant mum (whose father is also dead) and his neighbour forces kitano to accompany him during the journey. And a very strange road movie kitano style takes off. the friendship between two grows as the film continues. Kitano learns to be a decent caring man who can bear responsibilities unlike his past. Boy also learns how does it feel to have a father like person around. Duo meets many strange characters on the road and humor is stamped all around these strange guys.characters like Old pervert, motorcyclist duo, drifting poet etc will sure get your attention as well as loosen your nerves and will make your mouth fell off. Like every good movie story and strange characters are very well set and executed and all these are also served with some Kitanoish sad and cold reality in times. Of course camera and the colorful images of Mr Kitano is floatin' all round this movie. Kitano manages to portray an ordinary character brilliantly. So there is still life in him without being yakuza or the police indeed. If you want an interesting road movie with unusual humour and some touching moments rush to the store now. Difficult to comeby such movies these days.  "very uplifting"I thought this movie was very good. It was sad but also often hilariously funny. Despite the sad mood I felt throughout the movie it left me with an uplifting feeling. I do not know much about Japanese culture and this movie also left me with many questions. There where many times I was confused whether a moment was supposed to be artistic or realistic. Particularly in those "artistic" moments I did not understand the message being portrayed. All in all though I definitely think you should give it a chance. The emotion crosses cultural boundaries. "Kikujiro: An Epic of Japanese Cinema"After coming off two highly emotional, yet dark, yakuza movies, Kikujiro is a very welcome change from the typically hard-as-stone Beat Takeshi. With this film, you see the fun and gentle side that really is Takeshi Kitano but we rarely ever see through his movies. The sad tale of Masao, deserted by his mother for no logical reason, lives with his grandma and is hard-pressed to find any action alone during his summer vacation. With that, he sets off on a journey to find his mother and its only trouble from there on out. Kikujiro is everything wrapped into one; comedy, drama, action; and it pulls off each emotion flawlessly. There isn't a dull moment and when its over, you'll be begging for more. Hands down one of Takeshi Kitano's best movies. If you really want to have a nice, good time with a movie, Kikujiro is your best bet. "Simple movie"This is such a simple movie it will touch your heart directly. You'll probably end up with tears in your eyes and a silly smile. This is made of small moments that don't need to contribute to a bigger story because they're enough by themselfs, still if you think of this movie as a whole it fits rather well together and shows a reality told in a poet's smile. "What a summer Holiday !"Kikujiro no natsu is the latest offering by the Kitano. Unlike most of his back catalogue there is no death,suicide and shoot out (but Yakuza is still here , there is no way of getting away from these guys I guess) This film is basicly about a friendship between a little schoolboy and a rude, a bit thuggish middle aged man that is brilliantly portrayed by Kitano. After the arrival of the summer holiday little one wants to see his distant mum (whose father is also dead) and his neighbour forces kitano to accompany him during the journey. And a very strange road movie kitano style takes off. the friendship between two grows as the film continues. Kitano learns to be a decent caring man who can bear responsibilities unlike his past. Boy also learns how does it feel to have a father like person around. Duo meets many strange characters on the road and humor is stamped all around these strange guys.characters like Old pervert, motorcyclist duo, drifting poet etc will sure get your attention as well as loosen your nerves and will make your mouth fell off. Like every good movie story and strange characters are very well set and executed and all these are also served with some Kitanoish sad and cold reality in times. Of course camera and the colorful images of Mr Kitano is floatin' all round this movie. Kitano manages to portray an ordinary character brilliantly. So there is still life in him without being yakuza or the police indeed. If you want an interesting road movie with unusual humour and some touching moments rush to the store now. Difficult to comeby such movies these days. |
