Kikujiro (2000)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 20
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Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 6
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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 common. Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) is a sensitive nine-year-old boy who has to spend his summer vacation alone with his
Jan 26, 2000 Wide
Dec 12, 2000
Sony Pictures Classics
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Cast
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Takeshi Kitano
Kikujiro -
Yusuke Sekiguchi
Masao -
Kayoko Kishimoto
Kikujiro's wife -
Yuko Daike
Masao's mother -
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Masao's grandmother -
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Great Gidayu
Fat Biker -
Rakkyo Ide
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Akaji Maro
the pervert -
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All Critics (59) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (20) | DVD (7)
... the slapstick and sentiment make for a queasy mixture.
... a great deal of fun.
... its treacly mix of emotional manipulation and klutzy comedy will make it hard to digest for most audiences.
The result is a heart-tugger made totally irresistible because of the combination of Kitano's wry, sly sense of humor and his rigorous detachment.
These gags work because Kitano has created an intrinsically funny character and because he has perfect timing and a terrific sense of construction.
... sappy, tedious and way overlong at 122 minutes.
Leads with Kitano's exquisite timing and ability to mine both laughs and heartache in a single instant. It's a gorgeous take on alienation and guardianship.
Filtered through Kitano's distant and deadpan touch, the material works, and it works well.
Not Kitano's best but still displays a deadpan visual cleverness that's uniquely his own.
Kikujiro, like the childhood games that its characters play, offers a temporary distraction from the disappointments of reality.
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Foreign Titles
- Kikujiros Sommer (DE)
- Kikujiro (Kikujirô No Natsu) (UK)


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