Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- serious
- reflective
- tense
- Japanese crime movie night
- character drama viewing
What sets it apart
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Shinji and Masaru reunite ten years after their high-school years and confront the trajectories they pursued.
Shinji pursues boxing while Masaru enters the yakuza, placing their long-standing bond under pressure.
Masaru attempts to rise within the yakuza world, making organized-crime status central to the drama.
Shinji's effort to become a successful boxer provides one of the film's central parallel trajectories.
Films like Kids Return: The Reunion, and why
Outrage
Japanese crime drama centered on yakuza ambition, loyalty, and moral compromise
The Fighter
Character-driven boxing drama combining damaged male friendship with striving for professional success
Kids Return
Japanese coming-of-age crime story about male friendship, delinquency, and diverging life paths
Movie Details
- Director
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Release Date
- 2013-10-12
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (5)
Cast
- Yuta Hiraoka
- Takahiro Miura
- Kana Kurashina
- Akiyoshi Nakao
- Shinpei Ichikawa
- Hisahiro Ogura
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
- Tetta Sugimoto
- Satoshi Koji
- Ore no Graffiti
Common questions
- What is Kids Return: The Reunion about?
- Ten years after high school, an aspiring boxer and an ambitious yakuza reconnect as their sharply different pursuits test an enduring friendship.
- What is Kids Return: The Reunion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kids Return: The Reunion as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Kids Return: The Reunion violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Kids Return: The Reunion as moderate.
- Which films are like Kids Return: The Reunion?
- Films with a similar feel include Outrage, The Fighter, and Kids Return.
- How long is Kids Return: The Reunion?
- Kids Return: The Reunion runs 107 minutes.
