Trailer - Kikujiro - 1999

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Entertainment Film & Movies Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu (菊次郎の夏 literally "Kikujirō's Summer")) is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Kikujiro tells the story of a young boy searching for his mother during his summer vacation. The film is mostly divided into smaller chapters listed as entries in the boy's summer vacation diary. Kitano's inspiration for the character (not the film) was his own father Kikujiro Kitano a gambler who struggled to feed his family and pay the rent.[3]

Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu (菊次郎の夏, literally "Kikujirō's Summer")) is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Kikujiro tells the story of a young boy searching for his mother during his summer vacation. The film is mostly divided into smaller chapters, listed as entries in the boy's summer vacation diary. Kitano's inspiration for the character (not the film) was his own father, Kikujiro Kitano, a gambler who struggled to feed his family and pay the rent.[3]

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