Kikujiro (1999) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 5, 1999

Original Title:
菊次郎の夏

Alternate Titles:
El verano de Kikujiro
Kikujiro
Kikujiro's Summer
Kikujiros Sommar
Kikujiros Sommer
Kikujiros sommer
Kikujirô no natsu
Kikujirō no natsu
L'estate di Kikujiro
L'été de Kikujiro
Mùa Hè Của Kikujiro
Summer of Kikujiro
Кикуджиро
菊次郎の夏
기쿠지로의 여름

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
Nippon Herald Films
Office Kitano
Tokyo FM

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  ES: APTA  KR: All  NL: AL 

Runtime: 121

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.

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Art Direction:
Norihiro Isoda

Assistant Director:
Hiroshi Shimizu

Casting:
Takefumi Yoshikawa

Director:
Takeshi Kitano

Director of Photography:
Katsumi Yanagijima

Editor:
Takeshi Kitano
Yoshinori Ota

Line Producer:
Shinji Komiya

Original Music Composer:
Joe Hisaishi

Producer:
Takio Yoshida
Masayuki Mori

Production Design:
Tatsuo Ozeki

Production Manager:
Shinji Komiya

Screenplay:
Takeshi Kitano

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