If you loved Der Aal, try Kids Return
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Theyboth carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Der Aal, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Kids Return is
You loaf in Matsumoto, pulling schoolyard shakedowns. But expulsion arrives, and life forks: boxing gym or gangland. Shinji jabs; Masaru menaces. Soon enough, though, their choices land differently. Kitano's camera finds a quiet beauty in the banality of their downbeat destinies. It lingers.
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