Kikujiro, a brash, loud-mouthed swindler, teams up with a sensitive nine-year-old boy in search of the boy's estranged mother. While Kikujiro tries to teach the boy life lessons, he is suddenly confronted with the errors that have led his own life so astray.

GENRE: Comedydrama
MPAA RATING: PG-13
RUN TIME: 2h 1m
RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2000
STARRING: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Rakkyo Ide, Akaji Maro, Kayoko Kishimoto
DIRECTOR(S): Takeshi Kitano
PRODUCER(S): Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori (II)
WRITER(S): Takeshi Kitano
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Classics