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Release Year1998
Runtime1h 34m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Action, Comedy
Votes17
DirectorTakashi Miike
WritersMasaru Nakamura
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.4 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsYoung Thugs: Nostalgia
About Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.
Directed by Takashi Miike, Young Thugs: Nostalgia leans on a strong ensemble — Naoto Takenaka, Yuki Nagata, Saki Takaoka — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1998.
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