Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) is a nine-year-old boy who is desperate to locate his long-lost biological mother. Abandoned by all of his friends for the summer holidays and with no one to accompany him on his quest Masao is left in the care of layabout yakuza goon Kikujiro (Kitano) who doesn't like children at all least of all demanding nine-year-old boys. Over time man and boy develop a fondness for one another embarking on an adventure of sorts through the Japanese countryside to find the long-lost mother... Japanese actor/writer/director Takeshi Kitano is perhaps... best known to international audiences for his violent and stylish crime flicks Violent Cop and Sonatine. For this film he takes a change of pace to write direct and star in a comic road movie about a magical friendship between a middle-aged man and a little boy. [show more]
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Takeshi Kitano directs and stars in this Japanese drama about the friendship between a small boy and a washed-up yakuza. When young Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) discovers a picture of his long-lost mother at his grandmother's house, he decides to leave the city and go in search of her. Travelling with the lazy, small-time gangster Kikujuro (Kitano), Masao's journey gets off to a bad start when the pair lose all their money at the racetrack and are forced to continue on foot. As their journey develops, and as they reach their final destination, the pair begin to appreciate that the most important thing about their quest has been the time they spent together.
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