Title Kikujiro / Sony Pictures Classics ; [distributed by Nippon Herald & Office Kitano ; produced by Bandai Visual Tokyo FM, Nippon Herald & Office Kitano ; producers, Masayuki Mori Takio Yoshida ; written, directed & edited by Takeshi Kitano].

Publication Info.	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]
	©2000

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Granby, Main Library - Adult	FOREIGN DVD KIK	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD	DVD FOREIGN-JA-K	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	Title from container.
	Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85).
	Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
	Special features: scene selection, bonus trailers and talent files.
Credits	Music by Joe Hisaishi ; cinematography, Katsumi Yanagishina.
Performer	Beat Takeshi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki.
Summary	Lonely nine-year-old Masao leaves Tokyo in search of his mother, whom he has never met. He's accompanied on his journey across the Japanese countryside by the surly, middle-aged crook Kikujiro, who is none too happy being the chaperone. When Kikujiro gambles away all the travel money, the two must rely on their wits and the kindness of strangers.
Audience	MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details	DVD.
Local Note	L099 Dec. 2001 $29.95 [22.46] 086791249
Language	Japanese language soundtrack (stereo) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Boys -- Japan -- Drama.
	Road films -- Japan.
	Feature films -- Japan.
	Foreign films.
	Motion pictures -- Japan.
	Road films.
	Feature films.
Added Author	Bīto Takeshi.
	Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
	Yoshida, Takio.
	Sekiguchi, Yusuke.
	Kishimoto, Kayoko.
	Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935-
	Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
	Bandai Visual Tokyo FM.
	Nippon Herald Films.
	Ofisu Kitano.
	Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
ISBN	0767853555
Standard No.	4339605279
Music No.	05279 Columbia TriStar Home Video

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