Kikujiro (1998)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 122m
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: 'Beat' Takeshi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto
Synopsis:
A boy leaves his grandmother to go looking for his mother, who has not brought him up. The neighbour appeals to a couple to look out for him, and the wife sends her feckless, antisocial husband to escort the lad. Gradually a mutual respect builds between the uncommunicative pair.
Review:
The director's foray into sentimental whimsy is only fitfully successful, ironically at its most persuasive when the star is being his most objectionable. It is hard to see how his character can be redeemed by the mere sight of the boy's mother with another family, but that seems to be the turning point in the story. Unfortunately by that time the viewer has lost interest in this over-stretched modern fable.
Country: JAP
Technical: col 122m
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: 'Beat' Takeshi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto
Synopsis:
A boy leaves his grandmother to go looking for his mother, who has not brought him up. The neighbour appeals to a couple to look out for him, and the wife sends her feckless, antisocial husband to escort the lad. Gradually a mutual respect builds between the uncommunicative pair.
Review:
The director's foray into sentimental whimsy is only fitfully successful, ironically at its most persuasive when the star is being his most objectionable. It is hard to see how his character can be redeemed by the mere sight of the boy's mother with another family, but that seems to be the turning point in the story. Unfortunately by that time the viewer has lost interest in this over-stretched modern fable.
Country: JAP
Technical: col 122m
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: 'Beat' Takeshi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto
Synopsis:
A boy leaves his grandmother to go looking for his mother, who has not brought him up. The neighbour appeals to a couple to look out for him, and the wife sends her feckless, antisocial husband to escort the lad. Gradually a mutual respect builds between the uncommunicative pair.
Review:
The director's foray into sentimental whimsy is only fitfully successful, ironically at its most persuasive when the star is being his most objectionable. It is hard to see how his character can be redeemed by the mere sight of the boy's mother with another family, but that seems to be the turning point in the story. Unfortunately by that time the viewer has lost interest in this over-stretched modern fable.