Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1998-09-26 Japan 94 Min. PG-13
6.2 16 votes
Drama, Action, Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Naoto Takenaka is Riichi's father
Riichi's father
Yuki Nagata is Riichi
Riichi
Saki Takaoka is Miss Itô
Miss Itô
Akihiro Shimizu is Nakamura
Nakamura
Setsuko Karasuma is Riichi's mother
Riichi's mother
Takeshi Caesar is Riichi's uncle
Riichi's uncle
Matsunosuke Shofukutei is Riichi's grandfather
Riichi's grandfather