Kids Return Analysis: The End is Just the Beginning

The 1996 film Kids Return directed, written, and edited by Takeshi Kitano has remained one of my favorite films of all time for over 10 years.
Maybe this has to do with it’s core messaging and themes surrounding endings and beginnings and the winding road life takes you down which has continued to impact me so profoundly…
With this analysis I aim to look at the way those themes were expressed by deeply looking at all the characters’ journeys and just appreciating all the details of one of my favorite films…
Let me know your thoughts on Kids Return in the comments, or Takeshi Kitano’s films in general. This is my first attempt at a feature film analysis and I plan to do more in the future, so let me know some of your favorite thematically rich movies that’d make for a good analysis.
Anyways, thanks for watching the video and have a great day :)
All music not from the film is by me:
• My Music
Resources:
Behind the Scenes of Kids Return: • Making-of Kids Return ...
Takeshi Kitano Interview:
• Takeshi Kitano on Sona...

[@Driesketeer]

Thanks for this. Just saw the movie again after 10yrs. I remember it made me feel great at the time. Now I noticed the cyclic nature of it far more. It just says a lot about life, in a kind way.

[@103213able]

Really great. Thank you for this. Not a lot of discussion of this movie

[@jotavic25]

from japan
thank you for your deep analysis!
its interesting about color analysis

[@rohiko4433]

This was amazing! I really wanted to learn more about this movie after finding the outro song on Spotify, and this video was perfect for that! Thanks :>

[@shinra05]

man this video is great really got me feelin hopeful even though i've been having a bad week i really appreciate it. movie looks great too even though i watched the full video i wanna watch it

[@yoppimedia]

thanks so much :) im excited to do more vids about movies, so im glad you liked it. definetely watch the movie still, its really good, and theres a decent amount of stuff i didnt cover in my summary too

[@rustymiller9555]

I wish you would make more videos. You are one of my favorite RUclipsrs. Thanks for that.

[@depotemkin]

Great! I love Kitano's films

[@worldeditor6985]

Welcome back! I'm exited to watch this video.

[@LEANBEANPEAN]

Dam this is a really well edited video good production and overall great analysis. I hope your videos blow up broski 😘

[@samialfhaed7422]

Such a great video man, i like channels that talk about non main stream movies.
videos like this make me happy that there are people who like the these type of movies as i do.
keep up the good work.

[@yoppimedia]

thanks so much :) any other fave movies you'd like to see a vid on?

[@samialfhaed7422]

@@yoppimedia any Asian movies will be amazing to see your take on it.

[@khiem8488]

A very good analysis ! I hope you get the recognition you deserve, take care ! That would be awesome if you do other analysis about more kitano movies 👍

[@yoppimedia]

thanks so much! my other fave kitano movie is definetely kikujiro so maybe i should do a vid on that. what are your fave kitano movies?

[@khiem8488]

@@yoppimedia @yoppi kids return is one of my most beloved, but if I have to choose another, maybe Hana Bi or Aniki, those two have a special place in my heart.
But you should definitely do Kikujiro, such a heartwarming movie

[@muhammadhafizuddin670]

Thanks for this video, after watching this I really appreciate the film besides your deep analysis. I would easily recommend this movie to anyone who struggle with their life during their youth.

[@yoppimedia]

really glad you liked the vid and the movie. :) i second that notion, this movie definetely affected my mentality in a positive way at a formative age

[@yoppimedia]

damn this is a good video, i gotta do more movie videos

[@joaonascimento5902]

great video!! greetings from brasil!

[@germansantapop7598]

Great video! Never heard of this movie before but your analysis makes me want to watch it someday

[@yoppimedia]

thanks! i highly recommend it, it's quite a unique movie :)

Very good video analysis

[@JeekayTenn]

Amazing video man

[@yoppimedia]

thanks so much :) glad u liked it

[@ronandevlin]

Great video, thanks!

[@anymo3120]

Great video!

[@calliebest2323]

lovely video!!

[@anthonyphou3958]

Awesome vid, do you know where I can stream this movie online?

[@pie8863]

its on yt

[@dante22723]

Great movie

[@rao8559]

"they" why is shinji "they" . No indication that he is non binary

[@yoppimedia]

i just say they a lot when referring to anyone, its a personal habit of mine. i do refer to shinji with he/him pronouns at times throughout the video though, just not always

[@assholio]

Are you like a wealthy liberal college person?